On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 12:27 PM Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
At least some in the stdlib have not been.  For re.__version__, not
since Nov 2001.

From Serhiy over on python-ideas, he's started an effort to clean that up.

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/KBU4EU2JULXSMUZULD5HJJWCGOMN52MK/).

I believe there is an unfinished PR

-CHB

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