On May 5, 5:12 am, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I believe the current Python re module was written to replace the Python > wrapping of pcre in order to support unicode. I don't know how PCRE was back then, but right now it supports UTF-8 Unicode patterns and strings, and Unicode character properties. Maybe it could be reintroduced into Python? > I don't remember those being in the pcre Python once had. Perhaps they are > new. At least today, PCRE supports recursion and recursion check, possessive quantifiers and once-only subpatterns (disables backtracking in a subpattern), callouts (user functions to call at given points), and other interesting, powerful features. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
