Re: Classpath regexp code

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Ziga" == Ziga Mahkovec <address@hidden> writes:

>> I sent some email to the JRegex guy to ask how he felt about
>> incorporating it into Classpath.

I haven't had a response.

Ziga> Since I recently wrote some Mauve tests[1] for java.util.regex, I
Ziga> decided to run them against jregex.  It failed on 15/360 tests (results
Ziga> attached).

Ziga> The testlets aren't meant as a benchmark, but jregex did finish much
Ziga> faster: 0.484s vs. 3.931s for gnu.regex (both running jamvm).

I think we should consider using jregex even without an assignment.
Unless somebody wants to drastically speed up gnu regex, that is.

Tom