Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:15:29 +0200, Peter Otten wrote: > >> I don't think that will help. From PEP 408: >> >> """ >> As part of the same announcement, Guido explicitly accepted Matthew >> Barnett's 'regex' module [4] as a provisional addition to the standard >> library for Python 3.3 (using the 'regex' name, rather than as a drop-in >> replacement for the existing 're' module). >> """ > > What is a "provisional addition"?
My understanding is that Guido agreed for it to be added under a different name (i. e. as regex, not re) and with no guarantees that it will remain in Python versions above 3.3. > Python-3.3 (20120708) doesn't have such a module. Indeed. Guido allowed adding the module, but some core devs remained skeptical and no one put in the legwork to add it. It may still be added in 3.4 if a core developer is willing to familiarise with the codebase and promises to help with maintenance, but the chances seem low by now. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
