[Python-Dev] Regexp 2.7

Tue Mar 10 23:27:47 CET 2009

Terry Reedy wrote:
> There is a conflict between running a thorough test of everything
> possible and not having the test suite run for hours. I believe a
> couple of other modules have a regular sanity-check test and an extended
> patch-check test. Something like that might be appropriate for re.

Correct - a new regrtest resource (e.g. -uregex) could be added if the
enhanced regex tests took too much time to run. (-udecimal and
-ucompiler are the two existing examples of this that you're likely
thinking off)
Cheers,
Nick.
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Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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