Almost all re functions take a compiled pattern. (Even re.compile()!) #203
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Fixes #188
Note: I'm using AnyStr so that the type of string used for pattern and
for the rest of the arguments must match. This is not 100% correct,
since Python 2 sometimes allows mixed types. But sometimes it
doesn't, depending on the values (e.g. non-ASCII bytes), and Python 3
always insists on matching, so I think this is actually a good idea.