[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-448546 ] rexec:make_re() should not use pre?

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Bugs item #448546, was opened at 2001-08-06 13:48
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Category: Python Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: rexec:make_re() should not use pre?

Initial Comment:
The rexec module contains a mysterious make_re()
function that seems to hard-code the 're' module as
using 'pre'.  Why is this?  Why can't the standard
'sre' module be used, and why does this module have to
be pre-initialized?

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