whats does assert _sre.MAGIC == MAGIC, SRE module mismatch AssertionError: SRE module mismatch error mean?

Question

Hello I´m trying to run a python manage.py runserver command but getting this error message

File "C:\Users\adrie\Anaconda3\lib\sre_compile.py", line 17, in assert _sre.MAGIC == MAGIC, "SRE module mismatch" AssertionError: SRE module mismatch

Does anyone have idea of what´s happening here?

I had anaconda installed previously and was running fine. But then I´ve deinstalled and reinstalled anaconda, and I´m getting this error now.

Answer 1

Make sure you do not have any mismatch between Python interpreter version used (like 3.7) and the 're' python module (like 3.6.1).

Answer 2

You need reinstall IDLE or anaconda

Answer 3

My PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH environment variables were pointing to the wrong version. By fixing this import sre_compile was fixed.