[Python-Dev] 2.3 goals (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
09 Apr 2002 20:08:26 +0200

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

> Oh, and another possible 2.3 thing: is it time to drop the PCRE code?

Yes please, and anything that uses it (like pre.py). I guess sre.py must remain as mostly an alias for re.py.

I would recommend to stop building it; shipping it might still be useful. Likewise for regex?

Regards, Martin