>>3
If I did that I would have to make an object for each regex I wanted. I'm not sure if I would be able iterate through regex objects easily in a for loop.
I just want to be able to have a list of tags I can add new tags to at any time without having to create an associated regex object.
>>4
What the hell do you think Python does when you use the static methods? That's right, it compiles a new regex object every time you call the method. In conclusion, >>5,11.