Speed up small CLI tools by removing import re from the excecutable template #13165
Description
What's the problem this feature will solve?
This performance improvement was discussed in upstream distlib here, but was rejected: pypa/distlib#239. Performance measurements can be found in that discussion.
Describe the solution you'd like
Override distlib.scripts.ScriptMaker.script_template with a template that doesn't import re.
Alternative Solutions
Keep current state.
Additional context
Previous discussions:
- https://discuss.python.org/t/make-more-of-the-standard-library-import-on-demand/76311
- Remove
import refrom script template distlib#239
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