Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.026 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'responding': 0.07; 'string': 0.09; 'ascii': 0.09; 'explanation': 0.09; 'name?': 0.09; 'yeah,': 0.09; 'posted': 0.15; 'complaining': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'troll': 0.16; 'usual.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'normally': 0.19; 'user.': 0.19; '>>>': 0.22; 'this?': 0.23; 'compare': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'scale': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'posting': 0.31; 'fri,': 0.33; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; "he's": 0.36; 'too': 0.37; 'performance': 0.37; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; '12,': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'is.': 0.60; 'results.': 0.60; 'new': 0.61; 'july': 0.63; 'become': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'different': 0.65; 'here': 0.66; 'jul': 0.74; 'bot': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=m/P+ew4pgnT0A0Hcn4ymaAIxlF5+sTXLPD9344Pfjl8=; b=ba1Rc/EEGZvW3WM7kHK+2qjrSYf2vD9UVfeOUxrk5VrcCvdEUtkKHEHYkrtat6BXjU 6wMmKGzJhlZY0E1hlHhv9Gph9ajd4KZCmVrdZv46hkFSB6gZIkyRh8DaXb7ZVmhV2bjI xO4gbIUl0mhkdV/nn3nM/WcRZeg1jb9AFsGl679Ykh+EUJRHeFWdQ05Tg/tJzuhvib2h c4G5ei/xw9gu+UTD1C0NmIUe95ldX4OgWADrDXjJy4JRzwagaG320SldcJM5dAvrhl/o zPy2/8W/wrlWi7gBM6bBAw76dY5/Zc4L67YMNu6IQnkA1a0VpGSalTP2lV3j8b2uJKzK cprA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.120.77 with SMTP id la13mr20122490vdb.23.1373622052323; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 02:40:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <571a6dfe-fd66-42cf-92fc-8b97cbe6e9e4@googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:40:52 +1000 Subject: Re: RE Module Performance From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1373622056 news.xs4all.nl 15876 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:36680 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:50513 On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Joshua Landau wrote: > On 12 July 2013 10:27, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 7:23 PM, wrote: >>> >>> I would not care too much about the performance >>> of re. >>> >>> With the new Flexible String Representation, you >>> can use a logarithmic scale to compare re results. >>> To be honest, there is improvment if you are an >>> ascii user. >>> >>> Am I the only one who tested this? Probably. >> >> Am I the only one who thinks that Dihedral posted under jmf's name? > > A bot posting as a troll to troll a different troll? Meta. Yeah, it is. But the only other explanation is that jmf has become rather more incomprehensible than usual. Normally I can understand what he's complaining enough to refute it, but here I feel like I'm responding to Dihedral. ChrisA