[Python-Dev] Misc re.match() complaint

[Nick Coghlan]

On 16 Jul 2013 09:17, "Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote:
>
> Does anyone remember whether this was a conscious decision?

I doubt it was a conscious decision - an unfortunate amount of the standard
library's handling of the text model change falls into the category of
"implementation accident" :(

> Is it too
> late to fix?

Like Greg, I'm comfortable with the idea of calling "bug" on this one,
fixing it in 3.4 and making a note in the "Porting to Python 3.4" section
of the What's New guide.

Cheers,
Nick.

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