From e8c599b0f7c1cfabcfc6bb952ad0a1306a138ea7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 19:38:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid re.split as it's a bit less efficient and a bit harder
 to read.

---
 lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py b/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py
index 13ea13d4ef..167e7305e6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def split_host_pattern(pattern):
     # If it's got commas in it, we'll treat it as a straightforward
     # comma-separated list of patterns.
     if ',' in pattern:
-        patterns = re.split('\s*,\s*', pattern)
+        patterns = pattern.split(',')
 
     # If it doesn't, it could still be a single pattern. This accounts for
     # non-separator uses of colons: IPv6 addresses and [x:y] host ranges.