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--- Python-3.11.0/Lib/re/_parser.py.vanilla	2022-10-27 11:22:46.814068692 +0200
+++ Python-3.11.0/Lib/re/_parser.py	2022-10-27 11:26:27.325086309 +0200
@@ -838,9 +838,16 @@
                     flags = _parse_flags(source, state, char)
                     if flags is None:  # global flags
                         if not first or subpattern:
-                            raise source.error('global flags not at the start '
-                                               'of the expression',
-                                               source.tell() - start)
+                            import warnings
+                            warnings.warn(
+                                'Flags not at the start of the expression %r%s'
+                                ' but at position %d' % (
+                                    source.string[:20],  # truncate long regexes
+                                    ' (truncated)' if len(source.string) > 20 else '',
+                                    start,
+                                ),
+                                DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=nested + 6
+                            )
                         verbose = state.flags & SRE_FLAG_VERBOSE
                         continue