Re^3: Searching for regular expression overlaps

Yes, Rolf, it seems that you're right.

But 19900 is still far too many combinations for a manual check.

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Re^4: Searching for regular expression overlaps by LanX (Saint) on Aug 13, 2016 at 17:57 UTC
> But that's still far too many for a manual check. Manually ? Probably... Worst case meant checking 200+ regexes each time a new one is added. But it depends on the structure, when de-parsing Perl's internal representation ( use `re` "debug" ) you'll see that leading and trailing substrings get special treatment. Anyway... Don't let us waste energy on a XY question. :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply]

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Re^4: Searching for regular expression overlaps
by LanX (Saint) on Aug 13, 2016 at 17:57 UTC

> But that's still far too many for a manual check.

Manually ? Probably...

Worst case meant checking 200+ regexes each time a new one is added.

But it depends on the structure, when de-parsing Perl's internal representation ( use re "debug" ) you'll see that leading and trailing substrings get special treatment.

Anyway... Don't let us waste energy on a XY question. :)

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

Je suis Charlie!}

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