Problems importing _sre w/VC7-compiled Python 2.1

[David Aldridge]

martin at v.loewis.de (Martin v. Loewis) wrote in message news:<m3ptztw444.fsf at mira.informatik.hu-berlin.de>...
> "RoadRunner eNews" <audballio at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > I'm no Python guru, so am at a loss on how to continue at this
> > point.
> 
> I recommend to try CVS Python.
> 
> Regards,
> Martin


Following your suggestion, I tried using ActiveState's 2.1.3 tarball
(easier than a CVS checkout for me...).  Sadly, I got the same
behavior.  Anybody else have ideas?

(BTW, the 2.2.1 tarball also behaved the same.  I need a 2.1x solution
though, as using 2.2 is out of the question for various reasons not
worth mentioning here...)

Thanks,
David