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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pp_hot.c b/pp_hot.c
index f583261558..97985b7b5e 100644
--- a/pp_hot.c
+++ b/pp_hot.c
@@ -4250,7 +4250,6 @@ PP(pp_subst)
STRLEN len;
int force_on_match = 0;
const I32 oldsave = PL_savestack_ix;
- STRLEN slen;
bool doutf8 = FALSE; /* whether replacement is in utf8 */
#ifdef PERL_ANY_COW
bool was_cow;
@@ -4316,10 +4315,12 @@ PP(pp_subst)
DIE(aTHX_ "panic: pp_subst, pm=%p, orig=%p", pm, orig);
strend = orig + len;
- slen = DO_UTF8(TARG) ? utf8_length((U8*)orig, (U8*)strend) : len;
- maxiters = 2 * slen + 10; /* We can match twice at each
- position, once with zero-length,
- second time with non-zero. */
+ /* We can match twice at each position, once with zero-length,
+ * second time with non-zero.
+ * Don't handle utf8 specially; we can use length-in-bytes as an
+ * upper bound on length-in-characters, and avoid the cpu-cost of
+ * computing a tighter bound. */
+ maxiters = 2 * len + 10;
/* handle the empty pattern */
if (!RX_PRELEN(rx) && PL_curpm && !prog->mother_re) {