Python 2.0 is not supposed to use string exceptions in the standard library
& extensions, so create exceptions in extension modules using the
PyErr_NewException() API.
diff --git a/Modules/pcremodule.c b/Modules/pcremodule.c
index 901f674..6fb2d07 100644
--- a/Modules/pcremodule.c
+++ b/Modules/pcremodule.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
/* Add some symbolic constants to the module */
d = PyModule_GetDict(m);
- ErrorObject = PyString_FromString("pcre.error");
+ ErrorObject = PyErr_NewException("pcre.error", NULL, NULL);
PyDict_SetItemString(d, "error", ErrorObject);
/* Insert the flags */