From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-07-11T01:46:59+09:00
Subject: Re: String#split converts string args to regexes -- ?

>>>>> "T" == Tom Sawyer <transami@transami.net> writes:

T> 	s = "xyz" * 1000000
T> 	a1 = s.split('y')

 It don't use String#index in this case

T> 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")).
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



Guy Decoux