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On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 09:01:57AM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
>On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 01:32:16PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> So, yes, Python should definitely use a pattern match to ignore the
>> separator character.
>
>This is a known issue:
>
>    http://bugs.python.org/issue2234
>
>Unfortunately, resolution of this issue has stalled.
>
>If the OP verifies that the attached patch fixes his problem, then I
>will release a Cygwin Python with this patch applied.

Why is python even checking the version?  That seems very fragile to me.

cgf

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