Logged In: YES 
user_id=38376

This was changed in 2.4b1 (didn't I mail you about this?):

>>> p = re.compile ('(' + '|'.join (['(xxx)']*200) + ')')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/home/fredrik/NOBACKUP/python-
dev/python/dist/src/Lib/sre.py", line 180, in compile
    return _compile(pattern, flags)
  File "/home/fredrik/NOBACKUP/python-
dev/python/dist/src/Lib/sre.py", line 225, in _compile
    p = sre_compile.compile(pattern, flags)
  File "/home/fredrik/NOBACKUP/python-
dev/python/dist/src/Lib/sre_compile.py", line 506, in compile
    raise AssertionError(
AssertionError: sorry, but this version only supports 100 
named groups

As for the real fix, it arrived too close to the beta release, 
and while it looks pretty solid, I'm not sure if it's a good idea 
to add it this close to a major release.  I'll bring this up on 
python-dev, when I find the time.