[Python-3000] re.LOCALE

Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.pp.ru
Mon Jun 30 20:10:44 CEST 2008


On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 09:13:30PM +0000, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> 
> Another question, about re.LOCALE. Its utility is dubious, and it's never used
> in the stdlib (apart from the re tests themselves). What should we do:
>  - drop it entirely
>  - only allow it on bytes patterns (it doesn't make sense on unicode strings)

   Leave it for bytes patterns.

>  - leave it as-is
> ?

Oleg.
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