[Python-ideas] re.compile_lazy - on first use compiled regexes

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:26:30 +0100
Masklinn <masklinn at masklinn.net> wrote:
> 
> Wouldn't it be better if there are *few* different regexes? Since the
> module itself caches 512 expressions (100 in Python 2) and does not use
> an LRU or other "smart" cache (it just clears the whole cache dict once
> the limit is breached as far as I can see), *and* any explicit call to
> re.compile will *still* use the internal cache (meaning even going
> through re.compile will count against the _MAXCACHE limit), all regex
> uses throughout the application (including standard library &al) will
> count against the built-in cache and increase the chance of the regex
> we want cached to be thrown out no?

Well, it mostly sounds like the re cache should be made a bit smarter.

Regards

Antoine.