Issue #27030: The re.LOCALE flag now can be used only with bytes patterns.
(Just updated NEWS.)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b5cf314..ee45989 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
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- Issue #27030: Unknown escapes consisting of ``'\'`` and ASCII letter in
- regular expressions now are errors.
+ regular expressions now are errors. The re.LOCALE flag now can be used
+ only with bytes patterns.
- Issue #27186: Add os.PathLike support to DirEntry (part of PEP 519).
Initial patch by Jelle Zijlstra.