RE vs. SRE

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Michael Hoffman

Yoav said:
What is the difference between the two? Which on is better to use and why?

In Python 2.4, this is what's in re.py:

'''
"""Minimal "re" compatibility wrapper. See "sre" for documentation."""

engine = "sre" # Some apps might use this undocumented variable

from sre import *
from sre import __all__
'''

If you're using CPython, they're the same thing now. Use re, because sre
is really an undocumented implementation detail of re.
 

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