Dotan Cohen wrote:
IMHO it's not a bug -- s/hang/takes a long time to compute/
That is quite what a hang is, and why the timeout was invented. The
real bug is that there is no timeout mechanism.
I wouldn't call it a "hang" because it is actually doing work. If it was
'stuck' on a certain part of the text and not progressing then it would
be a hang.
Just look at it: 2 + operators and 3 * operators ... It's one of those
"come back after lunch" REs.
Some users would not be able to tell that from the beginning. While a
timeout override would be necessary in these cases, a timeout should
be set.
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