Fix StackOverflowError in extra-long Text Block by using the possessive quantifier to avoid backtracking #84
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…ve quantifier to avoid backtracking Possessive quantifiers are a way to prevent the regex engine from trying all permutations. Because it is impossible that there can be another match with a `-` at the end of the input (it's all or nothing), it is pointless backtracking to find other possible matches. See https://www.regular-expressions.info/possessive.html
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Thanks a lot. LGTM I'll create a release later today |
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Possessive quantifiers are a way to prevent the regex engine from trying all permutations. Because it is impossible that there can be another match with a
-at the end of the input (it's all or nothing), it is pointless backtracking to find other possible matches.See https://www.regular-expressions.info/possessive.html