From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-03-17T05:10:08+09:00
Subject: Re: [Slightly OT] Case against ".*" regexp

On 16.03.2007 20:58, Edgardo Hames wrote:
> Some time ago I remember reading a post in this list against using
> ".*" regexp but I cannot find it -- I guess I don't remember the right
> keywords :(
> Does anyone remember that?

Not exactly.  But you should not use ".*" nested in another starred 
expression because that will usually lead to massive backtracking. 
Another problem is, that ".*" matches the empty string which is often 
not what you want.

Kind regards

	robert