code: def regex_replace(regex, repl, text):
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      return re.sub(regex, repl, text, **RE_KWARGS)
docs: r"""
      thin wrapper around re.sub
      regex_replace
  
      MULTILINE and DOTALL are on by default in all util_regex functions
  
      Args:
          regex (str): pattern to find
          repl (str): replace pattern with this
          text (str): text to modify
  
      Returns:
          str: modified text
  
      Example1:
          >>> # ENABLE_DOCTEST
          >>> from utool.util_regex import *  # NOQA
          >>> regex = r'\(.*\):'
          >>> repl = '(*args)'
          >>> text = '''def foo(param1,
          ...                   param2,
          ...                   param3):'''
          >>> result = regex_replace(regex, repl, text)
          >>> print(result)
          def foo(*args)
  
      Example2:
          >>> # ENABLE_DOCTEST
          >>> from utool.util_regex import *  # NOQA
          >>> import utool as ut
          >>> regex = ut.named_field_regex([('keyword', 'def'), ' ', ('funcname', '.*'), '\(.*\):'])
          >>> repl = ut.named_field_repl([('funcname',), ('keyword',)])
          >>> text = '''def foo(param1,
          ...                   param2,
          ...                   param3):'''
          >>> result = regex_replace(regex, repl, text)
          >>> print(result)
          foodef