[Python-Dev] Should we move to replace re with regex?

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Sun Aug 28 01:39:10 CEST 2011


Nick Coghlan wrote:

> The next step needed is for someone to volunteer to write and champion
> a PEP that:

Would it be feasible and desirable to modify regex so
that it *is* backwards-compatible with re, with a view
to making it a drop-in replacement at some point?

If not, the PEP should discuss this also.

-- 
Greg


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