Not PCRE

Posted May 29, 2006 2:44 UTC (Mon) by amk (subscriber, #19)
In reply to: The Python "Need for Speed" Sprint by k8to
Parent article: The Python "Need for Speed" Sprint

PCRE was used in Python 1.5.2, but it doesn't support 16-bit Unicode characters (only UTF-8 encoded strings), so Python now uses its own regex engine.