null bytes in re pattern - difference between 1.5.2 and 2.0?

[Skip Montanaro]

    me> Accordingly, using raw strings in 2.0 fails.

    Tim> Eh?  Prove it.  That is, submit a bug report with a specific
    Tim> failing example if that's true.

Done.  Further investigation reveals some interaction between re.sub and my
PYTHONSTARTUP, which replaces __builtin__.str.  The bug report is at

    http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=125808&group_id=5470

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