Re: [PATCH 3/3] dfa: optimize UTF-8 period

[Jim Meyering]

Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 04/17/2010 09:27 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>> * NEWS: Document improvement.
>>> * src/dfa.c (struct dfa): Add utf8_anychar_classes.
>>> (add_utf8_anychar): New.
>>> (atom): Simplify if/else nesting.  Call add_utf8_anychar for ANYCHAR
>>> in UTF-8 locales.
>>> (dfaoptimize): Abort on ANYCHAR.
>>> ---
>>>   NEWS      |    6 ++++++
>>>   src/dfa.c |   46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>>   2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> Only quick superficial feedback for now:
>
> I pushed all patches but this.

Thanks!

Would you please add comments describing this one in more detail?
I ran out of time trying to understand how it works.