Compile regex outside of for loop

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/alot/addressbook/__init__.py b/alot/addressbook/__init__.py
index fbd95a99..f30c7274 100644
--- a/alot/addressbook/__init__.py
+++ b/alot/addressbook/__init__.py
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ class AddressBook(object):
     def lookup(self, query=''):
         """looks up all contacts where name or address match query"""
         res = []
-        query = '.*%s.*' % query
+        query = re.compile('.*%s.*' % query, self.reflags)
         for name, email in self.get_contacts():
-            if re.match(query, name, self.reflags) or \
-                    re.match(query, email, self.reflags):
+            if query.match(name) or query.match(email):
                 res.append((name, email))
         return res