Re^2: Perl regexp matching is slow??

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I think you'll find it difficult to abort the regexp engine since perl's safe-signals can be caught before and after the pattern match but not during. If you were using POSIX::sigaction, perhaps.

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Re^3: Perl regexp matching is slow?? by TimToady (Parson) on Feb 02, 2007 at 19:12 UTC
Why not make long-running instructions like pattern matches check for safe signals periodically?	[reply]

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