RE Module Performance

[Devyn Collier Johnson]

Could you explain what you mean? What and where is the new Flexible 
String Representation?

Devyn Collier Johnson


On 07/12/2013 05:23 AM, wxjmfauth at gmail.com wrote:
> Le vendredi 12 juillet 2013 01:44:05 UTC+2, Devyn Collier Johnson a écrit :
>> I recently saw an email in this mailing list about the RE module being
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>> made slower. I no long have that email. However, I have viewed the
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>> source for the RE module, but I did not see any code that would slow
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>> down the script for no valid reason. Can anyone explain what that user
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>> meant or if I missed that part of the module?
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>> Can the RE module be optimized in any way or at least the "re.sub" portion?
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>> Mahalo,
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>>
>> Devyn Collier Johnson
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>> DevynCJohnson at Gmail.com
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> I would not care too much about the performance
> of re.
>
> With the new Flexible String Representation, you
> can use a logarithmic scale to compare re results.
> To be honest, there is improvment if you are an
> ascii user.
>
> Am I the only one who tested this? Probably.
>
> jmf
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