Python re module

[catlee at my-deja.com]

In article <14217.63630.458437.222314 at amarok.cnri.reston.va.us>,
  "Andrew M. Kuchling" <akuchlin at mems-exchange.org> wrote:
...
>        However, GvR reports that it isn't actually hanging, just
> taking a long time to finish.  I think it escapes the infinite loop
> because \1+ is actually treated the same as \1{0,INT_MAX}, so once
> it's counted up to INT_MAX (2**31-1) = 2.1 billion, it then returns.
>
>      The latest version of PCRE, v2.06, does not have a problem with
> this (more checks for repeated null-string matches have been added),
> so I think the problem will be fixed when the Python module is
> resynchronized with the latest version.

Ok, that makes sense.  Two questions: where can I get the latest
version of PCRE and how can I tell (from python) what version of PCRE I
am using?

Thanks,
Chris


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