Message 174599 - Python tracker

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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.