[Python-Dev] Re: Missing arguments in RE functions

[Skip Montanaro]

    Raymond> I'm down to +0 on the request.  Keeping the API stable is also
    Raymond> important.  And, Fred's effort to separate basic from advanced
    Raymond> seems reasonable.

Adding my two cents, I'm -1 on the idea.  I view re.match() and friends as
convenience functions.  There's no reason to provide all the functionality
of the slightly lower-level re.compile().  If we were to do that, I'd
propose (facetiously) that we deprecate re.compile() as well.

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