[Python-3000] More wishful thinking

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    >> Because then the re module wouldn't be thread safe.

    talin> True, although I suppose that you could add a "last match" to
    talin> regular expression objects:

    talin> re_pattern = re.compile( ... )

    talin> if re_pattern.match( string ):
    talin>    text = re_pattern.lastmatch.group( 1 )

No, it would still be thread-unsafe.  The re_pattern object can be shared by
multiple threads.

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