This patch removes all uses of "assert" in the regression test suite
and replaces them with a new API verify(). As a result the regression
suite will also perform its tests in optimization mode.

Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg. Copyright assigned to Guido van Rossum.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sre.py b/Lib/test/test_sre.py
index 88c0d62..0aa8349 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sre.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sre.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import sys
 sys.path=['.']+sys.path
 
-from test_support import verbose, TestFailed
+from test_support import verify, verbose, TestFailed
 import sre
 import sys, os, string, traceback