Remove the sre module.

brettcannon · brettcannon · commit cf3520c2bf7a · 2008-05-11T22:47:58.000Z
diff --git a/Lib/sre.py b/Lib/sre.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_re.py b/Lib/test/test_re.py
@@ -434,16 +434,6 @@ def test_re_escape(self):
         self.assertEqual(pat.match(p) is not None, True)
         self.assertEqual(pat.match(p).span(), (0,256))
 
-    def test_pickling(self):
-        import pickle
-        self.pickle_test(pickle)
-        # old pickles expect the _compile() reconstructor in sre module
-        import warnings
-        with catch_warning():
-            warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", "The sre module is deprecated",
-                                    DeprecationWarning)
-            from sre import _compile
-
     def pickle_test(self, pickle):
         oldpat = re.compile('a(?:b|(c|e){1,2}?|d)+?(.)')
         s = pickle.dumps(oldpat)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- The sre module has been removed.
+
 - The PixMapWrapper module has been renamed to pixmapwrapper.
 
 - The Queue module has been renamed to queue.
