On Jan 2, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Allan Odgaard wrote:
On 29 Dec 2010, at 15:25, Steve King wrote:
Try doing a regular expression search with a malformed regex (say, a missing parenthesis). *THAT* will let you experience the joy of crashing. :-)
Any reproducible example? A malformed regexp should not be accepted.
Perhaps you are thinking of a maliciously crafted regexp which cause exponential running time?
Best "reproducible example" I can give you is install the Grails / Groovy bundles and start coding. You should experience some crashes / lockups soon. It happens when it tries to regex for syntax highlighting.
Regards,
-Josh
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