From: Tom Sawyer <transami@...>
Date: 2002-07-11T01:40:10+09:00
Subject: Re: String#split converts string args to regexes -- ?

matz,

Example #1:

	s = "xyz" * 1000000
	a1 = s.split(/y/)

Example #2:

	s = "xyz" * 1000000
	a1 = s.split('y')

on my system:

	Example #1: 3.69s cumulative
        Example #2: 0.73s cumulative
   
~transami


On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 09:24, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: String#split converts string args to regexes -- ?"
>     on 02/07/10, Tom Sawyer <transami@transami.net> writes:
> 
> |and, if implemented without regexps, could easily boost performance,
> |which IMHO is an important bonus considering speed is probably the
> |primary site against ruby in comparison to perl and python.
> 
> regex is highly optimized for searching.  search using regex
> (e.g. str.index(/pat/)) is almost always faster than search using
> strings (e.g. str.index("pat")).
> 
> 							matz.
> 
-- 
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