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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.  :-(

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