Re: [pcre-dev] Problem with a regexp

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008, Thomas Weber wrote:

> So, would a feasible solution look like the following:
>

> 1) Try with the default values on MATCH_LIMIT. 
> 2) If that fails, check with (the equivalent of) \M and use that value
>    for a second calculation?

That would work, I suppose. But it would be slow (\M works by trying and
retrying). Much better if you can write the regex more efficiently in
the first place (using a possessive quantifier when needed). :-)

Philip

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Philip Hazel