diff -r 000000000000 -r ae805ac0140d python-2.5.2/win32/Lib/sre.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python-2.5.2/win32/Lib/sre.py	Fri Apr 03 17:19:34 2009 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+"""This file is only retained for backwards compatibility.
+It will be removed in the future.  sre was moved to re in version 2.5.
+"""
+
+import warnings
+warnings.warn("The sre module is deprecated, please import re.",
+              DeprecationWarning, 2)
+
+from re import *
+from re import __all__
+
+# old pickles expect the _compile() reconstructor in this module
+from re import _compile