[Python-Dev] Startup time

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Jeremy Hylton wrote:
> The use of re in the warnings module seems the primary culprit, since it
> pulls in re, sre and friends, string, and strop.

FWIW, I've removed the re usage from encodings/__init__.py.

Could you check whether this makes a difference in startup time
now ?

Thanks,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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