Re: [perl #33945] Segmentation fault with deep recursion in regex engine

On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 08:33:48PM +0100, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> Or to put this in another way: could I write a straight regular
> expression *without* postponed expressions that is so large as to
> cause perl to segfault just as it does here?

$ perl -e '$s = 'x' x 10000; $s =~ /(a?x)*/'
Segmentation fault
$

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• Re: [perl #33945] Segmentation fault with deep recursion in regex engine by A. Pagaltzis
• Re: [perl #33945] Segmentation fault with deep recursion in regex engine by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [perl #33945] Segmentation fault with deep recursion in regex engine by A. Pagaltzis
• Re: [perl #33945] Segmentation fault with deep recursion in regex engine by Dave Mitchell
• [perl #33945] Segmentation fault with deep recursion in regex engine by A. Pagaltzis
• Re: [perl #33945] Segmentation fault with deep recursion in regex engine by Dave Mitchell