[leafnode-list] Re: Strawpoll: Case sensitive or insensitive filters? (was: filtering

[Brian D]

On 18 Sep,  
     Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de> wrote:


> OK, having seen that problem: do users generally consider "case
> insensitive" a saner default for leafnode-2? It's slower (may be noticable
> on 2 GHz machines), but should not hurt too much. (leafnode 2 currently
> compiles filters only with PCRE_MULTILINE)
> 
> If the default were changed, (?-i) could be used in a pattern to make it
> case sensitive again.
> 
Now being aware of the case sensitivity I'd say leave it if there is
otherwise a performance penalty.  Where necessary the filters could disable
it. 

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