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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: nnmail-split-header-length-limit is EVIL!
Date: 28 Mar 1999 17:09:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3bthdtzug.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Hrvoje Niksic's message of "16 Mar 1999 08:25:02 +0100"

Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> Because there is no clearly defined "regexp error".  At least I recall
> you mentioning regexps that take hours to match, or something like
> that.

Oh, I had forgotten that.  Yes, there were two problems with the long
lines -- the regexp could either overflow, or it could just take
forever to run.  I've now reverted to removing the lines again.  :-(

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen


  reply	other threads:[~1999-03-28 15:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-03-02 10:57 Hrvoje Niksic
1999-03-06 18:16 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-03-07 13:27   ` Hrvoje Niksic
1999-03-14 15:53     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-03-16  7:25       ` Hrvoje Niksic
1999-03-28 15:09         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
1999-03-29 20:20           ` Hans de Graaff
1999-04-02 14:03             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-04-03  7:00               ` Hans de Graaff
1999-04-17  6:16                 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-04-13  7:04               ` Hrvoje Niksic
1999-04-17  6:15                 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-03-30  6:05           ` Dale Hagglund
1999-03-31  3:02             ` Greg Stark
1999-03-31  7:17               ` Dale Hagglund
1999-04-01  2:54                 ` Peter Seibel
1999-04-01  7:02                   ` Dale Hagglund
1999-04-01  7:13                     ` Peter Seibel

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