[pypy-dev] Questions on stdlib-2.7.5 failures

[Armin Rigo]

Hi Christian,

On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Armin Rigo <arigo at tunes.org> wrote:
>> pypy/module/_sre/__init__.py... Am I missing something? Are the errors due
>> to a build problem or something else?
>
> This is merely a detail for a deeper an issue.  CPython's "re" format
> changed between 2.7.3 and 2.7.5 (a potential compatibility issue).  We
> need to do something about it, but as far as I know, what exactly to
> do is still not clear.

I forgot that I did something on trunk some time ago about it.  So I
finished fixing the 2.7.5 branch; now the "own" tests at least pass.
I didn't try to translate and run the CPython tests, but the MAXREPEAT
name issue should not be a problem there.


A bientôt,

Armin.