Issue 5601 - Speed up static generation

cms/converters.py

 # This file is part of the Adblock Plus web scripts,
 # Copyright (C) 2006-present eyeo GmbH
 #
 # Adblock Plus is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
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         self._data = data
         self._filename = filename
         self._params = params
         self._attribute_parser = AttributeParser(self.whitelist)
         self._seen_defaults = {}
 
     def localize_string(
             self, page, name, default, comment, localedata, escapes):
 
         def escape(s):
-            return re.sub(r'.',
-                          lambda match: escapes.get(match.group(0),
-                                                    match.group(0)),
-                          s, flags=re.S)
+            return ''.join(escapes.get(c, c) for c in s)
 
         def re_escape(s):
             return re.escape(escape(s))
 
         # Handle duplicated strings
         if default:
             self._seen_defaults[(page, name)] = (default, comment)
         else:
             try:
                 default, comment = self._seen_defaults[(page, name)]
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             stack[-1]['subitems'].append(item)
             stack.append(item)
         return structured
 
 
 converters = {
     'html': RawConverter,
     'md': MarkdownConverter,
     'tmpl': TemplateConverter,
 }