That's how non-determinizing regexp engines work (i.e. nearly all of them).
/ Martin Stjernholm, Roxen IS
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2004-03-17 17:19: Subject: Regexp("\?+$")->match("?" * 99998 + "!"); // infinite loop (7.5/CVS)
So the subject... gdb shows the place but it is nearly useless for me - I am not familiar with that RE engine...
/Al
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