[Python-Dev] Speeding up regular expression compilation

[Martin v. Löwis]

Bram Moolenaar <Bram at moolenaar.net> writes:

> The reason I sent this to the development list is that I thought this
> could be solved on the library side.  Changing the Python code sounds
> like working around the real problem.

It probably can be changed. However, it appears that few people would
ever worry about the compilation speed, so it is unlikely that any
efforts will be made in improving it. Contributions would be greatly
appreciated.

Regards,
Martin