Adding test for variable. Changing the Python Version condition to PY36, Added Doc under section

Author: adamabk

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.23.1.txt

@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ Documentation Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
--
+Strings
+^^^^^^^
+- Bug in :meth:`Series.str.replace()` where the method throws `TypeError` on Python 3.5.2
 -
 
 Conversion

pandas/compat/__init__.py

@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ def raise_with_traceback(exc, traceback=Ellipsis):
 
 # In Python 3.7, the private re._pattern_type is removed.
 # Python 3.5+ have typing.re.Pattern
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 5, 4):
+if PY36:
  import typing
  re_type = typing.re.Pattern
 else:

pandas/tests/test_compat.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import pytest
 from pandas.compat import (range, zip, map, filter, lrange, lzip, lmap,
  lfilter, builtins, iterkeys, itervalues, iteritems,
- next, get_range_parameters, PY2)
+ next, get_range_parameters, PY2, re_type)
 
 
 class TestBuiltinIterators(object):
@@ -89,3 +89,8 @@ def test_get_range_parameters(self, start, stop, step):
  assert start_result == start_expected
  assert stop_result == stop_expected
  assert step_result == step_expected
+
+
+def test_re_type():
+ import re
+ assert isinstance(re.compile(''), re_type)