[Python-Dev] Re: sre.py backward compatibility and PEP 291

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Barry wrote:

>>PEP 291 says that sre.py needs to be backward compatible with Python
>>2.1.  sre.py says:
>>
>># this module works under 1.5.2 and later.  don't use string methods
>>import string
>>
>>Which is it?
> 
> 
> Martin changed the PEP last week (or so), but forgot to remove the
> comment.

I only changed it for xmlrpclib, and changed the comment in that module.

Just made the change for sre in pep-0291.txt 1.5, on 02-Jul-03. The
commit message there says

Bumped sre's "baseline" to 2.1, per /F's recommendation in bug #764548

Regards,
Martin