>> Because then the re module wouldn't be thread safe.
talin> True, although I suppose that you could add a "last match" to
talin> regular expression objects:
talin> re_pattern = re.compile( ... )
talin> if re_pattern.match( string ):
talin> text = re_pattern.lastmatch.group( 1 )
No, it would still be thread-unsafe. The re_pattern object can be shared by
multiple threads.
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