Re: LPEG and the order of alternatives in ordered choice

[Paul K <paul@...>]

Hi Peng,

> I suppose for patterns other than of single character, the order really
> should affect the perfomance. could you test it again using complex patterns?

Thank you for the explanation. I tested on 10-char patterns, but
'1'-first performs better than 'a'-first on some tests (20-50
iterations for 100M char string).

lpeg.match((lpeg.S('1111111111')+lpeg.S('aaaaaaaaaa'))^0, str)

Anything else I should try?

Paul.