Regexp::Optimizer(3) optimizes regular expressions

VERSION

$Id: Optimizer.pm,v 0.23 2013/02/26 05:47:41 dankogai Exp dankogai $

SYNOPSIS


use Regexp::Optimizer;
my $o = Regexp::Optimizer->new->optimize(qr/foobar|fooxar|foozap/);
# $re is now qr/foo(?:[bx]ar|zap)/

EXPORT

none.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new

Makes a new optimizer instance. 

  my $ro = Regexp::Optimizer->new;

optimize

Does the optimization. 

  my $re = qr/foobar|fooxar|foozap/;
  $re = $ro->optimize($re);

If it is already optimized --- no alteration in the regexp, it is practically an identity function which simply returns an argument.

If not, it dissasembles the regexp, feeds it to Regexp::Assemble, and reassembles the result.

as_string

Same as "optimize()" but returns a string instead of regexp object.

CAVEAT

??{CODE} used

This module depends on the "??{CODE}" regexp construct which is still considered experimental as of Perl 5.16.

not idempotent

If you feed the regexp that is already optimized, the resulting regexp may not necessarily the same --- usually you get duplicate "(?:)": 

    my $re = qr/foobar|fooxar|foozap/;
    $re = $ro->optimize($re); # qr/foo(?:[bx]ar|zap)/
    $re = $ro->optimize($re); # qr/foo(?:(?:[bx]ar|zap))/

AUTHOR

Dan Kogai, "<dankogai+cpan at gmail.com>"

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-regexp-optimizer at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Regexp-Optimizer <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Regexp-Optimizer>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. 

    perldoc Regexp::Optimizer

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2013 Dan Kogai.

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