Function _bytes_to_codes

Lib/re/_compiler.py:405–410

(b)

            for i in range(len(s), 0, -_CODEBITS)]

def _bytes_to_codes(b):
    # Convert block indices to word array
    a = memoryview(b).cast('I')
    assert a.itemsize == _sre.CODESIZE
    assert len(a) * a.itemsize == len(b)
    return a.tolist()

def _simple(p):
    # check if this subpattern is a "simple" operator