From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-01-21T20:00:00+09:00
Subject: Re: regex help


"Nikolai Weibull" <ruby-talk@pcppopper.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:20040120220017.GC2265@puritan.bredbandsbolaget.se...
> * Robert Klemme <bob.news@gmx.net> [Jan, 20 2004 21:50]:
> > Doesn't look so much different.  Any ideas or enlightening comments
from
> > the aforementioned book?
> 'my' version avoids a lot of unnecessary backtracking under certain
> conditions.  I can't really delve into it further, but if you haven't
> got the book, its really worth buying.  It's really very entertaining
> and full of good knowledge.
> nikolai

Hm.... Maybe it's because of the alternative in the first part:
([^"\\]|\\.).  But the rx engine can detect at the first char which of the
two alternatives it has to take.  Hmm...  It seems I gotta have to get
that book... :-)

Thanks anyway!

    robert