Re: [Bug 5590] Scantime is very long unless "use bytes" hack is used

[Matt Kettler]

Mark Martinec wrote:
>> However, in mine the difference when using a "stock" 3.2.3 is barely
>> noticeable, going from 9 seconds to 8 seconds.
>>
>> Adding in a good handful of SARE rules (1365 extra rules, counting "score"
>> lines) makes the difference quite significant.
>>
>> Without "use bytes" and the SARE rules:
>> real    0m21.626s
>> user    0m20.873s
>> sys     0m0.264s
>>
>> With "use bytes" added to Message.pm, and the SARE rules:
>> real    0m9.012s
>> user    0m6.468s
>> sys     0m0.240s
>>     
>
> Do you have a UTF-8 -based locale in the environment?
> (what does command 'locale' tell?)
>
> If so, turning it off (set to "C") is very desirable.
>
>   Mark
>
>   
Good catch, mine is UTF-8.. Not sure about the original reporter.