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@@ -727,8 +727,8 @@ Library - The default size of the re module's compiled regular expression cache has been increased from 100 to 500 and the cache replacement policy has changed from - simply clearing the entire cache on overflow to randomly forgetting 20% of the - existing cached compiled regular expressions. This is a performance win for + simply clearing the entire cache on overflow to forgetting the least recently + used cached compiled regular expressions. This is a performance win for applications that use a lot of regular expressions and limits the impact of the performance hit anytime the cache is exceeded. |