On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:14:58 -0800 Danek Duvall <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 04:57:02PM -0600, Shawn Walker wrote:
> > From what I understand, the re module has an internal cache that
> > automatically does this for re.search and re.match. Hence why re.purge()
> > exists.
> Huh. So why bother having a re.compile() at all?
Because the cache is small (used to be one entry, but the module has been
rewritten a few times since I last looked). If you're going to be using
multiple re's, or calling library code that may use that cache, you're
better off compiling the re and using that.
<mike
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