Very long runtime (apparently exponential in string size) with certain regexps and gsub! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: JRUBY-3771 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-3771 Project: JRuby Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: JRuby 1.3.1 Environment: java version "1.6.0_0" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.4.1) (6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu7) OpenJDK Server VM (build 14.0-b08, mixed mode Reporter: David R. MacIver Assignee: Thomas E Enebo The following code appears to take forever to run: {{{ cleaner = /((?-mix:(\"|\(|\)|;|-|\:|-|\*|,))| |(?-mix:(!|\?|\.)+))+$/ string = "................................................... . Dear friends! . ." string.gsub!(cleaner, "") puts string }}} The exact runtime appears to be a function of the number of leading .s This appears to also be the case in cruby 1.9, so this is presumably an inherited bug. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email