[Python-Dev] Regular expressions, Unicode etc.

[Nick Maclaren]

Further to the above, I found the Unicode sources, have rebuilt
the files, but it involved some fairly serious hacking to the
building mechanism and I have had to disable the Unicode 3.2
support.  And, of course, that means that 4 of the tests fail.

This area needs addressing, not least because Python should
clearly be upgraded to Unicode 5.0.0 (which is what I am using)
at some stage.

I am not sure how best to report a bug that essentially says
"The build mechanisms for Unicode have suffered bit-rot, no longer
work and need redesigning."  I could certainly do that, but it's
not helpful - people already know that, from the comments :-(


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
Email:  nmm1 at cam.ac.uk
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