[perl #18268] (a|b)* cant match a string larger than 2**15-1 chars long.

On Sun Oct 14 16:06:33 2012, hv wrote:
> It is fixable, and I believe eventually it'll have to be fixed - as
> computational power and size of typical strings increases, it is a
> constraint that will seem increasingly restrictive.
> 
> I just don't know (quite) how, or when.

Hopefully soon.

I’m trying to write tests for perl’s anchored string optimisation with
large strings.  But I’m having to write things like this:

(?:(?:.{32766}){32766}){2}(?:.{32766}){8}.{8}

This is a bit annoying. :-)

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Father Chrysostomos


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• [perl #18268] (a|b)* cant match a string larger than 2**15-1 chars long. by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• [perl #18268] (a|b)* cant match a string larger than 2**15-1 chars long. by James E Keenan via RT
• [perl #18268] (a|b)* cant match a string larger than 2**15-1 chars long. by Shlomi Fish via RT