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From: "Mattias Engdegård" <mattiase@acm.org>
To: 30568@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Philipp <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#30568: 27.0.50; `rx' doesn't create optimal regex for (group (or ...))
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:18:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7A6967D6-3859-4703-9223-E3CDFD8C2AA4@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wvr4r2petnvn.fsf@a.muc.corp.google.com>

> (rx (group (or "aaa" "bbb")))
> ==> \(\(?:aaa\|bbb\)\)
>
> This should generate \(aaa\|bbb\) instead.  Of course, these regexes are
> equivalent, but the second one is easier to read (and maybe faster).

This remains unchanged, I'm afraid, despite rx being completely rewritten. Not that it matters much: brackets do not generate any regexp bytecode, thus matching performance isn't affected once the regexp has been compiled. When the brackets are required, there is no waste:

(rx (+ (or "aaa" "bbb"))) 
=> "\\(?:aaa\\|bbb\\)+"

Still, it's a bit untidy, and I like that you reported it. We could add a special value for the PAREN argument to regexp-opt to prevent bracketing altogether, I suppose. It isn't immediately on my to-do list, however.






      reply	other threads:[~2019-12-13 19:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-21 14:31 bug#30568: 27.0.50; `rx' doesn't create optimal regex for (group (or ...)) p.stephani2
2019-12-13 19:18 ` Mattias Engdegård [this message]

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