[NET-526] Avoid greedy matches within a regex

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.4
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sebb
• Created: 20/Feb/14 14:28
• Updated: 26/Nov/15 16:34
• Resolved: 20/Feb/14 14:41

Description

Some of the FTP directory parsers use greedy qualifiers - ".*" - within a regex.

This can be expensive, as it may require backtracking.
It's usually better to use a reluctant qualifier - e.g. ".*?" - except at the end of an RE.