ANN: SRE 2.1a2 (separate distribution)

[Fredrik Lundh]

Aahz Maruch wrote:
> Very nice!  You are to be commended for your preservation of backwards
> portability.

thanks!

> One thing that isn't clear from your announcement or web
> site: how does the Unicode stuff work in Python 1.5.2?

not at all -- when compiled for 1.5.2, the core engine only
supports 8-bit strings (or compatible objects, like memory
mappings and arrays)

Cheers /F