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In [2]: re.compile(u'[\U0001f300-\U0001f5ff]')
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error                                     Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-2-1a8eff581d46> in <module>()
----> 1 re.compile(u'[\U0001f300-\U0001f5ff]')

/Users/sam/bamboo-env/lib/python2.7/re.pyc in compile(pattern, flags)
    188 def compile(pattern, flags=0):
    189     "Compile a regular expression pattern, returning a pattern object."
--> 190     return _compile(pattern, flags)
    191 
    192 def purge():

/Users/sam/bamboo-env/lib/python2.7/re.pyc in _compile(*key)
    240         p = sre_compile.compile(pattern, flags)
    241     except error, v:
--> 242         raise error, v # invalid expression
    243     if len(_cache) >= _MAXCACHE:
    244         _cache.clear()

error: bad character range