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Updated Regular expression based filters (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2015-01-26 09:19:35 -05:00
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@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ It is not recommended to use regex-based filters, hence why I chose for a long t
However this led to the often-repeated myth that the reason µBlock was efficient memory- and CPU-wise was because it did not support regex-based filters, a completely nonsensical assertion, given that there is a grand total of only 15 such filters in all of _EasyList_ (at time of writing) out of tens of thousands. However this led to the often-repeated myth that the reason µBlock was efficient memory- and CPU-wise was because it did not support regex-based filters, a completely nonsensical assertion, given that there is a grand total of only 15 such filters in all of _EasyList_ (at time of writing) out of tens of thousands.
It is because of this myth that I finally decided to support regex-based filters with version 0.8.6.0. It is because of this myth that I finally decided to support regex-based filters with version 0.8.6.0:
![regex-based filter at work](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/5883114/606b7838-a31d-11e4-98e5-1e9ea47e3308.png)
Given the way µBlock works internally, the regex-based filters are implemented in a more efficient way than other big-name blockers. Given the way µBlock works internally, the regex-based filters are implemented in a more efficient way than other big-name blockers.