[Python-Dev] test_re fails with re==pre

[Guido van Rossum]

> Test_re now works fine if re is sre, but it still fails if re is pre.
> 
> Is this an artifact of the test harness or is there still some sort of
> incompatibility lurking in there?

It's because the tests are actually broken for sre: it prints a bunch
of "=== Failed incorrectly ..." messages.  We added these as "expected
output" to the test/output/test_re file.  The framework just notices
there's a difference and blames pre.

Effbot has promised a new SRE "real soon now" ...

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)