[issue25426] Deprecate the regex_compile benchmark

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 0da7b44c2ea3 by Brett Cannon in branch 'default': Use re.purge() to clear the re cache. https://hg.python.org/benchmarks/rev/0da7b44c2ea3 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker

[issue25426] Deprecate the regex_compile benchmark

Brett Cannon added the comment: Thanks for the pointer about re.purge(), Serhiy! -- resolution: -> fixed stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue25426] Deprecate the regex_compile benchmark

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[issue25426] Deprecate the regex_compile benchmark

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: The public API for cache clearing is re.purge(). > It's a pity there isn't an official way to compile without caching. See issue17441. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker

[issue25426] Deprecate the regex_compile benchmark

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: That sounds reasonable to me. It's a pity there isn't an official way to compile without caching. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue25426] Deprecate the regex_compile benchmark

New submission from Brett Cannon: Turns out it relies on internal APIs that either don't exist on other interpreters (e.g., IronPython), or they change which leads to breakage of the benchmark (e.g., already changed for Python 3.2 and 3.3). Probably best to retire it rather than continuing to