sre vs. re (was Re: crimes in Python)

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <LXQx4.61$Lh9.178144768 at newsb.telia.net>,
Fredrik Lundh <effbot at telia.com> wrote:
>
>(if everything goes according to plans, an alpha version
>should appear in the CVS repository shortly.  initially, the
>"re" and "regex" modules will still use the old engines.  to
>use the new one, look for a module called "sre")

Will sre be method-for-method compatible with re?
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