[issue5240] time.strptime fails to match data and format with Unicode whitespaces (Py3)

[Hirokazu Yamamoto]

Hirokazu Yamamoto <ocean-city at m2.ccsnet.ne.jp> added the comment:

By quick observation, I found this problem goes away if following change
is applied.

Index: Lib/_strptime.py
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--- Lib/_strptime.py	(revision 69496)
+++ Lib/_strptime.py	(working copy)
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 
     def compile(self, format):
         """Return a compiled re object for the format string."""
-        return re_compile(self.pattern(format), IGNORECASE | ASCII)
+        return re_compile(self.pattern(format), IGNORECASE)
 
 _cache_lock = _thread_allocate_lock()
 # DO NOT modify _TimeRE_cache or _regex_cache without acquiring the
cache lock

But this is just an observation. I don't call this *fix* because I'm not
familier with unicode, this change might cause another problem if applied.

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dependencies: +re.IGNORECASE not Unicode-ready
nosy: +ocean-city

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