In message <3E47BFA4.16787.F0DE1CF@localhost>, "Martin Thomas" writes: >I'm using ORO 2.0.7 and I get a stack overflow exception with the following: ... >String expression = "(\\(|\\)|^| |,|\\.|;)Baseline(.)*(\\(|\\)| |,|\\.|;|$ ... >Any help / advice would be appreciated.
Use character classes instead of grouped alternations. Perl patterns are miniature programs. Being NFAs, it is just as possible to write a Perl regex that backtracks too heavily or creates an infinite loop, busting the stack, as it is in a programming language. daniel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
