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

[Zachary Turner via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

zturner 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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dberris wrote:
> 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.
Agree, this will make the case where it's not a number faster, but that's the uncommon case.  The case where it *is* a number will become slower.  I agree with Dean's suggestion of compiling the regex only once, but we can still do an early out if it's obviously not a number.  However, instead of checking the entire string, how about just checking the first character?


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https://reviews.llvm.org/D43892