Re: Relative performance of comparable regular expressions

2009-01-13 Thread Chris Rebert
etters. Cheers, Chris -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com > > -Original Message----- > From: John Machin [ > ] > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:15 > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Re: Relative performance of comparable regular expressio

RE: Relative performance of comparable regular expressions

2009-01-13 Thread Barak, Ron
on-list@python.org Subject: Re: Relative performance of comparable regular expressions On Jan 13, 7:24 pm, "Barak, Ron" wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question about relative performance of comparable regular > expressions. > > I have large log files that start with thr

Re: Relative performance of comparable regular expressions

2009-01-13 Thread Steve Holden
John Machin wrote: > On Jan 13, 7:24 pm, "Barak, Ron" wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a question about relative performance of comparable regular >> expressions. >> >> I have large log files that start with three letters month names >> (non-unicode). >> >> Which would give better performance, matchin

Re: Relative performance of comparable regular expressions

2009-01-13 Thread John Machin
On Jan 13, 7:24 pm, "Barak, Ron" wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question about relative performance of comparable regular > expressions. > > I have large log files that start with three letters month names > (non-unicode). > > Which would give better performance, matching with  "^[a-zA-Z]{3}", or wit