From 0be6a4462a9c9b21aee827aeaf455a330f2f4770 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gavin Burnell <g.burnell@leeds.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:50:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Only suppress sre_x modules if re._x modules exist

---
 Stoner/compat.py | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Stoner/compat.py b/Stoner/compat.py
index 3e787cd66..6bdaca36a 100755
--- a/Stoner/compat.py
+++ b/Stoner/compat.py
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@
 sp_version = version_parse(sp.__version__)
 mpl_version = version_parse(matplotlib.__version__)
 
-modules["sre_parse"] = re._parser
-modules["sre_constants"] = re._constants
-modules["sre_compile"] = re._compiler
-
+try:  # This only works in PY 3.11 onwards
+    modules["sre_parse"] = re._parser
+    modules["sre_constants"] = re._constants
+    modules["sre_compile"] = re._compiler
+except AttributeError:
+    pass
 
 try:
     import hyperspy as hs  # Workaround an issue in hs 1.5.2 conda packages