[Python-Dev] re performance

[MRAB]

On 2017-01-27 17:03, Łukasz Langa wrote:
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>> On Jan 26, 2017, at 5:16 PM, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com 
>> <mailto:python at mrabarnett.plus.com>> wrote:
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>>> So, it seems as if regex already uses a better algorithm although I
>>> couldn't find any reference to any regex theoretical framework like dfa,
>>> nfa, thompson multiple-state simulation or something.
>>>
>> It still uses backtracking, like in the re module.
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> What’s the status of regex inclusion in the stdlib?
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I'm not bothered about it. It's quite a bit bigger than the re module, 
and, anyway, keeping it as a third-party module gives me more freedom to 
make updates, which are available for a range of Python versions.