Fix quadratic-time linebreak parsing - #268
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This is a quick hack to fix issue frostming#219. The regex pattern used for parsing linebreaks combined with the use of `re.finditer` runs in quadratic time when the parsing input doesn't contain a newline character. By checking for the presence of a newline character the problematic pattern can be short-circuited. Ideally a proper fix would fix the regex pattern itself, but this is a useful fix to have in place until the pattern is fixed. Fixes frostming#219
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This is a quick hack to fix issue #219. The regex pattern used for parsing linebreaks combined with the use of
re.finditerruns in quadratic time when the parsing input doesn't contain a newline character. By checking for the presence of a newline character the problematic pattern can be short-circuited. Ideally a proper fix would fix the regex pattern itself, but this is a useful fix to have in place until the pattern is fixed.Fixes #219