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On 29 July 2013 18:17, Philip Hazel <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:
> # New Ticket Created by Philip Hazel
> # Please include the string: [perl #119071]
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> # <URL: https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=119071 >
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> This is a bug report for perl from ph10@cam.ac.uk,
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.18.0.
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> [Please describe your issue here]
>
> $ perl -e 'x =~ /(?:(a(*SKIP)b)){0}(?:(?1)|ac)/'
> Infinite recursion in regex at -e line 1.
>
> As far as I can see, there is no infinite recursion here. Capturing group
> number 1 is (a(*SKIP)b) and that does not do any recursing, so calling
> it via (?1) is just a single recursion.
This looks to me like another example of {0} => NOTHING optimization
not playing nicely with recursive patterns.
Yves
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