parameters: (cls, regex, rflags)
return_statement: return re.compile(regex, rflags).match
docstring: Preprocess the regular expression component of a token definition.
docstring_summary: Preprocess the regular expression component of a token definition.
docstring_tokens: Preprocess the regular expression component of a token definition .
function: def _process_regex(cls, regex, rflags):
          """Preprocess the regular expression component of a token definition."""
          return re.compile(regex, rflags).match
function_tokens: def _process_regex ( cls , regex , rflags ) : return re . compile ( regex , rflags ) . match