[Python-Dev] what is happening with the regex module going into Python 3.3?

[Steven D'Aprano]

Gregory P. Smith wrote:

> Per the language summit, I think we need to just do it.  Put it in as re
> and rename the existing re module to sre.

I thought that the plan was to put the regex module in as regex, leaving re 
unchanged for backwards compatibility, with any backwards-incompatible 
renaming to be done some time in the future.



-- 
Steven