Message 175037 - Python tracker

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Maybe lru_cache() should have a key argument so you can specify a specialized key function.  So you might have

    def _compile_key(args, kwds, typed):
        return args

    @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=500, key=_compile_key)
    def _compile(pattern, flags):
        ...