Actually I was pondering about the same thing...

I've written a BBCode parser, which is quite fast: 
               Rate     BBCode::Parser  HTML::BBCode     Method One   
+  Method Two
BBCode::Parser 2.54/s             --          -92%           -98%     
+      -99%
HTML::BBCode   33.0/s          1200%            --           -80%     
+      -82%
Method One      161/s          6252%          389%             --     
+      -11%
Method Two      182/s          7060%          451%            13%     
+        --

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Method One and Method Two is the same module, but the second is optimized.

Would it be worth to publish it? I'm afraid the code is not well documented at all though.

Is code runtime speed important in the case of a BBCode parser, anyway?

In reply to Re: When is it better to NOT release a new module? by szbalint
in thread When is it better to NOT release a new module? by snowhare

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