Importing the re module fails

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Andreas Waldenburger schrieb:
> This is a little puzzling.
> 
> 
> Using ipython:
> 
>     [wildemar at localhost Logstuff]$ ipython
>     Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Sep 30 2008, 15:41:38) 
>     Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>     
>     [snip ipython help message]
> 
>     In [1]: import re
> 
> 
> This works fine. But with the regular python interpreter I get this:
> 
>     [wildemar at localhost Logstuff]$ python
>     Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Sep 30 2008, 15:41:38) 
>     [GCC 4.3.2 20080917 (Red Hat 4.3.2-4)] on linux2
>     Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
>     information.
>     >>> import re
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>       File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>       File "/usr/lib/python2.5/re.py", line 10, in <module>
>         # AB (info at pythonware.com).
>     AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'compile'
> 
> 
> What gives? Has Fedora-10 botched python or does anybody else have that
> problem es well?

In my re.py module on line 10, there is no import - it has way to much 
comments on the module beginning.

So - how does your /usr/lib/python2.5/re.py look like? And what about 
some modules lying around (potentially *pycs) that mask system modules?

Diez