Very long runtime (apparently exponential in string size) with certain regexps 
and gsub!
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                 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. 

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