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add comment about regexp detected by js/polynomial-redos

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Erik Krogh Kristensen
2021-01-07 12:06:12 +01:00
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@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ predicate isFork(State q, InputSymbol s1, InputSymbol s2, State r1, State r2) {
// (every epsilon-loop must contain such a state).
//
// We additionally require that the there exists another InfiniteRepetitionQuantifier `mid` on the path from `q` to itself.
// This is done to avoid flagging regular expressions such as `/(a?)*b/` - that only has polynomial runtime.
// This is done to avoid flagging regular expressions such as `/(a?)*b/` - that only has polynomial runtime, and is detected by `js/polynomial-redos`.
// The below code is therefore a heuritic, that only flags regular expressions such as `/(a*)*b/`,
// and does not flag regular expressions such as `/(a?b?)c/`, but the latter pattern is not used frequently.
r1 = r2 and