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Michael McCandless commented on LUCENE-7465:
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bq. default to current java regexp impl;
But I think that would mean this new impl would very rarely be used.
I think it's better to give it a separate factory so it has more visibility?
If it really does work better for users over time, word will spread, new blog
posts/docs written, etc.
> Add a PatternTokenizer that uses Lucene's RegExp implementation
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>
> Key: LUCENE-7465
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-7465
> Project: Lucene - Core
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Michael McCandless
> Assignee: Michael McCandless
> Fix For: master (7.0), 6.3
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> Attachments: LUCENE-7465.patch, LUCENE-7465.patch
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> I think there are some nice benefits to a version of PatternTokenizer that
> uses Lucene's RegExp impl instead of the JDK's:
> * Lucene's RegExp is compiled to a DFA up front, so if a "too hard" RegExp
> is attempted the user discovers it up front instead of later on when a
> "lucky" document arrives
> * It processes the incoming characters as a stream, only pulling 128
> characters at a time, vs the existing {{PatternTokenizer}} which currently
> reads the entire string up front (this has caused heap problems in the past)
> * It should be fast.
> I named it {{SimplePatternTokenizer}}, and it still needs a factory and
> improved tests, but I think it's otherwise close.
> It currently does not take a {{group}} parameter because Lucene's RegExps
> don't yet implement sub group capture. I think we could add that at some
> point, but it's a bit tricky.
> This doesn't even have group=-1 support (like String.split) ... I think if we
> did that we should maybe name it differently
> ({{SimplePatternSplitTokenizer}}?).
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