Turns out sre has been deprecated since at least 2.5. It should be removed.

2008-05-05 23:22:05 +00:00 · 2008-05-05 23:22:05 +00:00 · e0e1984014
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@ -610,6 +610,10 @@ for what the module is meant for.
  + Does not fully parse SGML.
  + In the stdlib for support to htmllib which is slated for removal.

+* sre
+
+  + Previously deprecated; import ``re`` instead.
+
 * stat

  + ``os.stat`` now returns a tuple with attributes.