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Diffstat (limited to 're.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | re.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -266,17 +266,17 @@ research(Regexp *rp, char *str, int start, rp->pat.not_bol = 1; /* - * Always do dfa search if can; if it fails, then even if - * need_start is true, we won't bother with the regex search. + * Always do dfa search if can; if it fails, we won't bother + * with the regex search. * * The dfa matcher doesn't have a no_bol flag, so don't bother * trying it in that case. * - * 7/2008: Skip the dfa matcher if need_start. The dfa matcher - * has bugs in certain multibyte cases and it's too difficult - * to try to special case things. + * 7/2016: The dfa matcher can't handle a case where searching + * starts in the middle of a string, so don't bother trying it + * in that case. */ - if (rp->dfa && ! no_bol && ! need_start) { + if (rp->dfa && ! no_bol && start == 0) { char save; size_t count = 0; struct dfa *superset = dfasuperset(rp->dfareg); |