[issue16389] re._compiled_typed's lru_cache causes significant degradation of the mako_v2 bench

[Ezio Melotti]

Ezio Melotti added the comment:

> 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.

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