[Python-Dev] PEP 332 revival in coordination with pep 349? [ Was:Re: release plan for 2.5 ?]

[Just van Rossum]

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> If bytes support the buffer interface, we get another interesting
> issue -- regular expressions over bytes. Brr.

We already have that:

  >>> import re, array
  >>> re.search('\2', array.array('B', [1, 2, 3, 4])).group()
  array('B', [2])
  >>> 

Not sure whether to blame array or re, though...

Just