Re^3: one line regex eating CPU

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Hum? Yours "resets the regex-engine". Mine doesn't. How can you say we gave the same advice?

>perl -wle "$_='bacada'; print pos while /a/g"
2
4
6

>perl -wle "$_='bacada'; print pos while s/a//"
Use of uninitialized value in print at -e line 1.

Use of uninitialized value in print at -e line 1.

Use of uninitialized value in print at -e line 1.
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Re^4: one line regex eating CPU by shmem (Chancellor) on Jun 23, 2006 at 20:26 UTC
I know; I thought I made that clear? ikegami's advice seems to be better than mine - "don't reset the regex-engine". clearer now?	[reply]
Re^5: one line regex eating CPU by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 23, 2006 at 20:53 UTC
The original text of your node claimed "Yours does too", meaning there was another one that didn't reset. Sorry, I incorrectly assumed you meant yours.	[reply]

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