Since Python 3.2 the module *redemo.py* is lacking in the official Python distributions. The excellent and extremely useful *Regular expressions HOWTO* of 3.2.x and 3.3 keep however referring to it (although referring to the wrong path *Tools/demo/* instead of *Tools/Scripts/*) and the same does the *README* file.

I just copied the version of the module distributed with 3.1 and it keeps working as well with 3.2.x as with 3.3.0 without having experienced any problems.

Is there any justification for this situation or is it just a slip?

Regards

The demo scripts in the Tools directory were cleaned up earlier in Python 3 and moved.  redemo.py is still included in the 3.2 and later source distributions in the Tools/demo directory.  The builders of binary installers and third-party distributors of Python 3.x may make their own decisions about whether to include the Tools directory in their distros. For which platform and from what source are you installing Python 3.2?

Hm Tools/demo is actually the correct location in 3.2+.

I don't think this is a documentation issue.  I think it's more likely a Windows installer issue since I don't see the file installed in the current python.org 3.3 Windows distribution.  But I was waiting for confirmation from the OP that he is using the Windows installer.

You are right. I am referring to the Windows installer. I forgot to mention
that I am using Windows XP.

Thank you.

2012/10/14 Ned Deily <report@bugs.python.org>

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> Ned Deily added the comment:
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> The demo scripts in the Tools directory were cleaned up earlier in Python
> 3 and moved.  redemo.py is still included in the 3.2 and later source
> distributions in the Tools/demo directory.  The builders of binary
> installers and third-party distributors of Python 3.x may make their own
> decisions about whether to include the Tools directory in their distros.
> For which platform and from what source are you installing Python 3.2?
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Thanks for the update. So I think the bigger issue here is there something that should be changed in the Windows installer to accommodate the demo changes in Python 3.  Adding the Windows experts and deassigning from docs.

On my win7 3.3.0 install, I have Tools/scripts and a couple of other subdirs but no Tools/demo directory.

I have Tools\demo in my cpython default from Mercurial but not under 3.4.1 from the msi file downloaded from python.org.

Steve, as the (new) Windows installer maker, it is ultimately your decision what to include.  The 'policy' seems to have been rather fuzzy. Tools/demo is less than 100k total. The 'patch needed' is to the installer maker script.

Looks like tools/demo just isn't included. I'm totally okay with including it - looks like a few nice examples in there that I've never seen before.

If someone wants to do a patch for msi.py that's fine, but I'm intending to have a completely new installer for 3.5, so any changes to the current one are very low priority for me.

Tools/demo is included in the 3.5 installer, I think it's probably a bit late in 3.4's cycle to stick it in now.

If anybody feels strongly enough to make a patch for it, please reopen the issue.