[New-bugs-announce] [issue3756] re.escape() does not work with bytes()

[Andrew McNamara]

New submission from Andrew McNamara <andrewm at object-craft.com.au>:

In python 2, re.escape() works with either str or unicode, but in 
python 3, re.escape() no longer works correctly with the bytes type.

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components: Regular Expressions
messages: 72309
nosy: andrewmcnamara
severity: normal
status: open
title: re.escape() does not work with bytes()
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.0

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