RegExp.exec() should do a single pass match-and-gather.

• Component: JavaScriptCore
• Status: NEW ---

[Andreas Kling]

Combine the initial matching pass and gathering of subpatterns into a single pass.
Specialize RegExp.exec() and RegExp.test() separately: exec() is optimized for
clients that want the subpatterns, and test() is optimized for those who only care
if the expression matched anything.

[Andreas Kling]

Created attachment 241346 [details]
Patch

[WebKit Commit Bot]

Attachment 241346 [details] did not pass style-queue:


ERROR: Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/RegExpObject.h:63:  The parameter name "exec" adds no information, so it should be removed.  [readability/parameter_name] [5]
ERROR: Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/RegExpObject.h:63:  The parameter name "string" adds no information, so it should be removed.  [readability/parameter_name] [5]
ERROR: Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/RegExpObject.h:91:  The parameter name "exec" adds no information, so it should be removed.  [readability/parameter_name] [5]
Total errors found: 3 in 5 files


If any of these errors are false positives, please file a bug against check-webkit-style.

[Andreas Kling]

Created attachment 243314 [details]
Patch

[WebKit Commit Bot]

Attachment 243314 [details] did not pass style-queue:


ERROR: Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/RegExpObject.h:63:  The parameter name "exec" adds no information, so it should be removed.  [readability/parameter_name] [5]
ERROR: Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/RegExpObject.h:63:  The parameter name "string" adds no information, so it should be removed.  [readability/parameter_name] [5]
ERROR: Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/RegExpObject.h:91:  The parameter name "exec" adds no information, so it should be removed.  [readability/parameter_name] [5]
Total errors found: 3 in 5 files


If any of these errors are false positives, please file a bug against check-webkit-style.

[Geoffrey Garen]

Comment on attachment 243314 [details]
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I think you need to performMatch in order to set the named properties on the regexp constructor. If so, and this patch doesn't fail an existing test, you should add one.

Can we meaningfully combine createRegExpMatchesArrayOrNull and createRegExpMatchesArray? Is the only difference just that one might return null?

[Build Bot]

Comment on attachment 243314 [details]
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Attachment 243314 [details] did not pass mac-ews (mac):
Output: http://webkit-queues.appspot.com/results/6001477617188864

New failing tests:
js/kde/RegExp.html
js/dom/regexp-caching.html

[Build Bot]

Created attachment 243327 [details]
Archive of layout-test-results from ews102 for mac-mountainlion

The attached test failures were seen while running run-webkit-tests on the mac-ews.
Bot: ews102  Port: mac-mountainlion  Platform: Mac OS X 10.8.5

[Build Bot]

Comment on attachment 243314 [details]
Patch

Attachment 243314 [details] did not pass mac-wk2-ews (mac-wk2):
Output: http://webkit-queues.appspot.com/results/4841230588444672

New failing tests:
js/kde/RegExp.html
js/dom/regexp-caching.html

[Build Bot]

Created attachment 243328 [details]
Archive of layout-test-results from ews107 for mac-mountainlion-wk2

The attached test failures were seen while running run-webkit-tests on the mac-wk2-ews.
Bot: ews107  Port: mac-mountainlion-wk2  Platform: Mac OS X 10.8.5