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Sat Sep 11 02:46:20 CEST 2004 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-September/048802.html

> +1.  Consistency makes the API conceptually simpler, even if the
> absolute number of parameters is larger.

And how is it more consistent that in one form you have to write

re.compile(r"[a-z]+", re.I).search(line)

while in the other form you have to write

re.search(r"[a-z]+", line, re.I)

???

This parameter ordering issue alone makes me cringe at adding the
flags to the functions.

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