Message 174599 - Python tracker

Message174599

Author	ezio.melotti
Recipients	barry, brett.cannon, ezio.melotti, ncoghlan, pitrou, pjenvey, rhettinger, zzzeek
Date	2012-11-03.02:29:29
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Message-id	<1351909770.84.0.0914879986562.issue16389@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> re.compile() calls _compile() which has the lru_cache decorator so it > will trigger it. What's the point of using the lru_cache for compiled regexes? Unless I'm missing something, re.compile() should just return the compiled regex without going though lru_cache and needlessly wasting time and cache's slots.

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> re.compile() calls _compile() which has the lru_cache decorator so it
> will trigger it.

What's the point of using the lru_cache for compiled regexes?
Unless I'm missing something, re.compile() should just return the compiled regex without going though lru_cache and needlessly wasting time and cache's slots.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-11-03 02:29:31	ezio.melotti	set	recipients: + ezio.melotti, barry, brett.cannon, rhettinger, ncoghlan, pitrou, pjenvey, zzzeek
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