New implementation of re module

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.3843.1248793153.8015.python-list at python.org>,
MRAB  <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>Aahz wrote:
>> In article <mailman.3787.1248712420.8015.python-list at python.org>,
>> MRAB  <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>>> I've been working on a new implementation of the re module. The details
>>> are at http://bugs.python.org/issue2636, specifically from
>>> http://bugs.python.org/issue2636#msg90954. I've included a .pyd file for
>>> Python 2.6 on Windows if you want to try it out.
>> 
>> How does it handle the re module's unit tests?
>
>Basically, it passes all those tests I expect it to pass. :-)
>
>It fails those where the intended behaviour has changed, such as re.sub
>treating unmatched groups as empty strings, as requested in
>http://bugs.python.org/issue1519638.

Then you should definitely publish to PyPI and post a message to
c.l.py.announce to get more users.
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