Index: Lib/copy_reg.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/copy_reg.py,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.3 copy_reg.py
--- Lib/copy_reg.py     2000/02/02 15:10:13     1.3
+++ Lib/copy_reg.py     2000/06/27 19:33:00
@@ -12,10 +12,18 @@
 def constructor(object):
     safe_constructors[object] = 1

-# Example: provide pickling support for complex numbers.
+# pickling support for complex numbers.

 def pickle_complex(c):
     return complex, (c.real, c.imag)

 pickle(type(1j), pickle_complex, complex)

+# pickling support for regular expressions
+
+import sre
+
+def pickle_sre(p):
+    return sre.compile, (p.pattern, p.flags)
+
+pickle(type(sre.compile("")), pickle_sre, sre.compile)