--- a/src/lib/convert.py 2009-10-13 11:59:44.000000000 -0300
+++ b/src/lib/convert.py 2009-10-13 11:59:57.000000000 -0300
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
 else:
     NUM_AND_FRACTION_REGEXP = re.compile("((?P<int>%s)+\s+)?(?P<frac>%s)"%(NUMBER_START_REGEXP,FRACTION_REGEXP),re.UNICODE)
 
-FRACTION_MATCHER = re.compile(NUM_AND_FRACTION_REGEXP,re.UNICODE)
+FRACTION_MATCHER = NUM_AND_FRACTION_REGEXP
 
 NUMBER_FINDER_REGEXP = "(%(NUM_AND_FRACTION_REGEXP)s|%(NUMBER_NO_RANGE_REGEXP)s)(?=($| |[\W]))"%locals()
 NUMBER_FINDER = re.compile(NUMBER_FINDER_REGEXP,re.UNICODE)