New pattern-matching library (was: str.split with multiple individual split characters)

Ok, with everyone at least noticing that regular expressions are hard,
if not actively complaining about it (including apparently Larry wall),
maybe it's time to add a second pattern matching library - one that's
more pythonic?

There are any number of languages with readable pattern matching -
Icon, Snobol and REXX all come to my mind. Searching pypi for "snobol"
reveals two snobol string matching libraries, and I found one on the
web based on icon.

Possibly we should investigate adding one of those to the standard
library, along with a cross-reference from the regexp documentation?

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