diff -r 0aeaea247d7d Lib/cgi.py --- a/Lib/cgi.py Wed Apr 02 12:16:55 2014 -0400 +++ b/Lib/cgi.py Wed Apr 02 21:48:15 2014 +0200 @@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ return s -def valid_boundary(s, _vb_pattern=None): +def valid_boundary(s): import re if isinstance(s, bytes): _vb_pattern = b"^[ -~]{0,200}[!-~]$"