On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 10:08:23AM -0700, Loren Wilton wrote:
> > body MY_SCAM_RULE_1 /free money|chep stuff/i
> 
> Almost but not quite.  YOu need aprends around the group.  And to be
> efficient you need a specific sequence at the start: "(?:", not just "(".
> body MY_SCAM_RULE_1 /(?:free money|chep stuff)/i

actually, those rules are exactly the same.  the parens aren't required
if the whole RE is or'ed.

aka:
/foo|bar/  and  /(?:foo|bar)/

both match /foo/ and /bar/

but /foo bar|baz/ is not equivilant to /foo (?:bar|baz)/

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