I encountered one of these once. A user decided to enter this in the middle of their post:
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It triggered catastrophic backtracking, and IIRC, 16 characters was right around where you could see noticeable delay, then at about 19 was when it ran so long it never returned.
I encountered one of these once. A user decided to enter this in the middle of their post:
It triggered catastrophic backtracking, and IIRC, 16 characters was right around where you could see noticeable delay, then at about 19 was when it ran so long it never returned.