From: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 16:24:24 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Issue #27030: The re.LOCALE flag now can be used only with bytes patterns.
X-Git-Tag: v3.6.0a2~47
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e6dae877dc119faadeae1df5a2792e3a02b66f7d;p=python

Issue #27030: The re.LOCALE flag now can be used only with bytes patterns.

(Just updated NEWS.)
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b5cf314892..ee459898fb 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ Library
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 - Issue #27030: Unknown escapes consisting of ``'\'`` and ASCII letter in
-  regular expressions now are errors.
+  regular expressions now are errors.  The re.LOCALE flag now can be used
+  only with bytes patterns.
 
 - Issue #27186: Add os.PathLike support to DirEntry (part of PEP 519).
   Initial patch by Jelle Zijlstra.