Stefan Behnel added the comment: I'm also against changing re.compile() to not compile.
And I often write code like this: replace_whitespace = re.compile(r"\s+").sub which is not covered by your current proposed change. ---------- nosy: +scoder _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue31580> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com