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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _process_regex(cls, regex, rflags, state):
 """Preprocess the regular expression component of a token definition."""

        if isinstance(regex, Future):
            regex = regex.get()
        return re.compile(regex, rflags).match