"John Maddock" <john@johnmaddock.co.uk> wrote in message news:009501c76c9e$1e795850$995b1b56@fuji...
Michael Goldshteyn wrote:
I understand the issues, now, but am wondering whether control over the "maximum number of states" should be given to the caller or if the issue is one of running out of memory?
No it's not running out of memory, just giving up 'cos there's no end in sight. I've tweaked the algorithm slightly for 1.34 to give up less easily when the string being matched is short, but basically if you get an exception it usually means that there is something wrong with the expression: even if a match (or not) could be found for a short string, sooner or later it's going to bite you.
John.
John, will the "still going to bite you" part still hold true if the example uses non-greedy versions of '+' (i.e. "+?") Michael Goldshteyn