From 434bf3b1f33b02b4ab8aa876fce6c57d03c66f70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:27:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] use 'util.re()' in more places

continuation of b5c88b3d3ed505aefecf51b5908d6c3503c457dc
---
 gallery_dl/__init__.py |  3 +--
 gallery_dl/actions.py  |  7 +++----
 gallery_dl/path.py     |  4 +---
 gallery_dl/update.py   |  3 +--
 gallery_dl/ytdl.py     | 10 ++++------
 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/__init__.py b/gallery_dl/__init__.py
index de8c5936..b19507f8 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/__init__.py
@@ -492,8 +492,7 @@ class InputManager():
                 # url
                 if " #" in line or "\t#" in line:
                     if strip_comment is None:
-                        import re
-                        strip_comment = re.compile(r"\s+#.*").sub
+                        strip_comment = util.re(r"\s+#.*").sub
                     line = strip_comment("", line)
                 if gconf or lconf:
                     url = ExtendedUrl(line, gconf, lconf)
diff --git a/gallery_dl/actions.py b/gallery_dl/actions.py
index 668032d5..d5a3486f 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/actions.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/actions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2023 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2023-2025 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 """ """
 
-import re
 import time
 import logging
 import operator
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ def parse(actionspec):
 
     for event, spec in actionspec:
         level, _, pattern = event.partition(":")
-        search = re.compile(pattern).search if pattern else util.true
+        search = util.re(pattern).search if pattern else util.true
 
         if isinstance(spec, str):
             type, _, args = spec.partition(" ")
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ def action_print(opts):
 
 
 def action_status(opts):
-    op, value = re.match(r"\s*([&|^=])=?\s*(\d+)", opts).groups()
+    op, value = util.re(r"\s*([&|^=])=?\s*(\d+)").match(opts).groups()
 
     op = {
         "&": operator.and_,
diff --git a/gallery_dl/path.py b/gallery_dl/path.py
index 0fdaeabb..ef1dba98 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/path.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/path.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 """Filesystem path handling"""
 
 import os
-import re
 import shutil
 import functools
 from . import util, formatter, exception
@@ -148,8 +147,7 @@ class PathFormat():
             def func(x, c=chars, r=repl):
                 return x.replace(c, r)
         else:
-            return functools.partial(
-                re.compile("[" + chars + "]").sub, repl)
+            return functools.partial(util.re(f"[{chars}]").sub, repl)
         return func
 
     def _process_repl_dict(self, chars):
diff --git a/gallery_dl/update.py b/gallery_dl/update.py
index 936a5088..4cc607fe 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/update.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/update.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
 import os
-import re
 import sys
 
 from .extractor.common import Extractor, Message
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ class UpdateExtractor(Extractor):
                 tag = channel
                 exact = True
 
-            if re.match(r"\d\.\d+\.\d+", tag):
+            if util.re_compile(r"\d\.\d+\.\d+").match(tag):
                 tag = "v" + tag
 
         try:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/ytdl.py b/gallery_dl/ytdl.py
index 9525d989..8cd6501a 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/ytdl.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/ytdl.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 """Helpers for interacting with youtube-dl"""
 
-import re
 import shlex
 import itertools
 from . import text, util, exception
@@ -258,13 +257,12 @@ def parse_command_line(module, argv):
 
     cookiesfrombrowser = getattr(opts, "cookiesfrombrowser", None)
     if cookiesfrombrowser:
-        match = re.fullmatch(r"""(?x)
+        pattern = util.re(r"""(?x)
             (?P<name>[^+:]+)
             (?:\s*\+\s*(?P<keyring>[^:]+))?
             (?:\s*:\s*(?!:)(?P<profile>.+?))?
-            (?:\s*::\s*(?P<container>.+))?
-        """, cookiesfrombrowser)
-        if match:
+            (?:\s*::\s*(?P<container>.+))?""")
+        if match := pattern.fullmatch(cookiesfrombrowser):
             browser, keyring, profile, container = match.groups()
             if keyring is not None:
                 keyring = keyring.upper()
@@ -524,7 +522,7 @@ def legacy_postprocessors(opts, module, ytdlp, compat_opts):
             if len(dur) == 2 and all(t is not None for t in dur):
                 remove_ranges.append(tuple(dur))
                 continue
-        remove_chapters_patterns.append(re.compile(regex))
+        remove_chapters_patterns.append(util.re(regex))
     if opts.remove_chapters or sponsorblock_query:
         postprocessors.append({
             "key": "ModifyChapters",