Remove import re
from entrypoint wrapper scripts
#10627
Merged
+54
−26
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Summary
This removes
import re
from the wrapper script of installed tools, so that small tools that neverimport re
themselves are allowed to load faster.This was offered to
distlib
but was rejected pypa/distlib#239. That discussion includes all the relevant performance measurements for this change.Here's the corresponding
pip
issue pypa/pip#13165 andpip
PR pypa/pip#13166The motivation for this change was this discussion on Python Discourse.
Test Plan
Ran