*** Python-2.3.2/Modules/_sre.c	Thu Jun 26 07:41:08 2003
--- Python-2.3/Modules/_sre.c	Thu Nov 20 22:03:14 2003
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*** 122,127 ****
--- 122,128 ----
  #define SRE_ERROR_STATE -2 /* illegal state */
  #define SRE_ERROR_RECURSION_LIMIT -3 /* runaway recursion */
  #define SRE_ERROR_MEMORY -9 /* out of memory */
+ #define SRE_ERROR_INTERRUPTED -10 /* signal handler raised exception */
  
  #if defined(VERBOSE)
  #define TRACE(v) printf v
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*** 743,748 ****
--- 744,751 ----
      /* check if string matches the given pattern.  returns <0 for
         error, 0 for failure, and 1 for success */
  
+     if (PyErr_CheckSignals()) return SRE_ERROR_INTERRUPTED;
+ 
      SRE_CHAR* end = state->end;
      SRE_CHAR* ptr = state->ptr;
      int i, count;
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*** 1690,1695 ****
--- 1693,1701 ----
      case SRE_ERROR_MEMORY:
          PyErr_NoMemory();
          break;
+     case SRE_ERROR_INTERRUPTED:
+         /* An exception has already been raised, so let it fly */
+         break;
      default:
          /* other error codes indicate compiler/engine bugs */
          PyErr_SetString(