On Mon, 04 May 2009 10:09:56 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > dsimcha wrote: >> Is there an *efficient* way to simply test whether a given string contains a >> given regex in the new std.regex? Using match() and testing for empty works, >> but this apparently triggers a bunch of unnecessary heap allocation. If not, >> is this a universal enough feature to warrant an enhancement request? > > If you only search once, there will be allocation. However, if you > search for the same regex several times there will be no extra > allocation so the cost will be amortized.
ranslation: No, there isn't "an *efficient* way". -- Derek Parnell Melbourne, Australia skype: derek.j.parnell
