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50% of regex_v8 benchmark time is 2 regexes

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Description

These 2 lines in block1:

        regexs[17].sub(r'', strings[2], count=subcount[17])

        # This prints a unicode escape where the V8 version prints the
        # unicode character.
        regexs[17].sub(r'', strings[3], count=subcount[17])

take 140 ms to run

while full benchmark takes 300 ms.

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Start with the regex_v8 benchmark and its block1 section, focusing on the two regexs[17].sub calls shown in the issue. Profile or time those calls and compare the result with the full benchmark and V8 behavior. Done means the benchmark remains correct and those calls no longer account for roughly half of its runtime.

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Tech stack
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performance
Issue type
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