[TxMt] Re: regexp problem - eternal loop - how to cancel?

[Thomas Allen]

I know that Python can tell if a loop is infinite, although I'm not sure if
that behavior applies to Regex (and I can't test it -- I couldn't write an
infinite search if required...but if you provide one, I will). What I mean
is that there may be something of interest in their source.

Thomas Allen

2008/9/8 Hans-Jörg Bibiko <bibiko at eva.mpg.de>

> On 07.09.2008, at 15:06, Allan Odgaard wrote:
> > On 4 Sep 2008, at 10:44, Hans-Jörg Bibiko wrote:
> >> [...]
> >> [ATTENTION TextMate will freeze!!!!]
> >>>
> >> [...]
> >> Of course, this is a problem of the regexp but if one wants to
> >> develop
> >> such a regexp such errors could appear. The question now is how to
> >> interrupt such an eternal regexp loop??
> >> To be honest I have no idea but maybe one could listen to the
> >> keyboard
> >> event (APPLE+.) inside of the regexp function.
> >
> > It's easier said than done (allowing graceful aborting of exponential
> > time regexps)
> Unfortunately I know ;)
>
> > but it is something which is on the radar.
> Thanks!
>
> --Hans
>
>
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