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Re: A possibly suspect idea
From: Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey_at_nospam>Date: Fri Mar 12 2010 - 14:12:11 GMT
To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 08:15 +0200, Henrik K wrote:
>
>
>> Why don't you simply maintain your wordlists in some files and use a script
>> to generate portmanteau.cf? You could use Regexp::Assemble module to
>> optimize also. Who cares what the actual rules look like? The more words
>> (simple alternations) there are in a single RE, the better it performs. If
>> you want clarity in the cf, keep the original words listed in a comment
>> block.
>>
>>
>
> - does the order of alternations have any effect on performance or
> is alphabetic order good enough? It would certainly make rule
> generation simpler.
I believe Regexp::Assemble will optimize the RE for you, so it shouldn't
matter what order the words are listed.
For a non-optimized RE, you should list shorter or more common options
first.
-- Bowie