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diff --git a/‎bpython/autocomplete.py‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 1 deletion b/‎bpython/autocomplete.py‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 1 deletion
@@ -297,14 +297,16 @@ def safe_eval(expr, namespace):
         raise EvaluationError
 
 
+attr_matches_re = re.compile(r"(\w+(\.\w+)*)\.(\w*)")
+
 def attr_matches(text, namespace, autocomplete_mode):
     """Taken from rlcompleter.py and bent to my will.
     """
 
     # Gna, Py 2.6's rlcompleter searches for __call__ inside the
     # instance instead of the type, so we monkeypatch to prevent
     # side-effects (__getattr__/__getattribute__)
-    m = re.match(r"(\w+(\.\w+)*)\.(\w*)", text)
+    m = attr_matches_re.match(text)
     if not m:
         return []