[PATCH] D43892: [YAML] speed up isNumber by doing regex matching less often

[Dean Michael Berris via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

dberris added inline comments.


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Comment at: include/llvm/Support/YAMLTraits.h:479-480
 
-  return false;
+  Regex FloatMatcher("^(\\.[0-9]+|[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]*)?)([eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?$");
+  return FloatMatcher.match(S);
 }
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pelikan wrote:
> dberris wrote:
> > Does it make sense to make the `Regex` object `static` and `const` so that we only compile/initialise it once?
> I was too lazy to look into Regex implementation to check whether it actually makes sense.  I bet the current version is faster though.
Why would this be faster than having it compiled once, and only the first time it's needed?

I suspect if you do that, instead of having to do a linear search first, would be much faster if it's possible to re-use a Regex object, compile it once, and re-use for all the times it's needed.


Repository:
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https://reviews.llvm.org/D43892