> Hmm, this fails on python2 too. Maybe re.ASCII is added for backward
> compatibility? Again, I'm not familiar with unicode, so I won't call
> remove_ascii_flag.patch as *fix*.

re.ASCII was added to many stdlib modules because I wanted to minimize
the potential for breakage when I converted the re library to use
unicode matching by default.

If it is desireable for strptime() and friends to match unicode digits
as well as pure-ASCII digits (which sounds like a reasonable request to
me), then re.ASCII can probably be dropped without any regret.

(py3k doesn't have to be 100% compatible with python2 :-))