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On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:39:46PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 12:13:29PM -0500, David Nicol wrote: > > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Aristotle Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@gmx.de> wrote: > > > the regex engine was almost twice as fast before the bookkeeping > > > was added to detect exponential-time blowups of bad patterns.) > > > > how about an /f for fast regex modifier that will leave the bookkeeping out? > [ snipped sensible stuff about not having a /f ] More to the point, I'm surprised by the figure of 2 x slowdown. If this the case, then it needs fixing (there's no good reason for such a big hit) Aristotle, do you have particular evidence of this slowdown? -- Lear: Dost thou call me fool, boy? Fool: All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with.Thread Previous | Thread Next