[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33517: Crash After Registering 500+ Shortcodes

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#33517: Crash After Registering 500+ Shortcodes
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 Reporter:  thepolishlad  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Shortcodes    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  roadmap       |     Focuses:
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Comment (by thepolishlad):

 Replying to [comment:8 miqrogroove]:
 > Replying to [comment:7 thepolishlad]:
 > > It's not the # of shortcodes though
 >
 > This is wishful thinking.  Fact is, if anyone registers hundreds of
 shortcodes, the system becomes extremely inefficient with alternation
 patterns until it finally crashes the PCRE compiler.  The available
 solutions are to use shortcode attributes correctly (which falls on the
 plugin author), or to redesign the system (which falls on contributors
 like me).

 I see. I was making a guess (I'm not a programmer) based on what I was
 seeing.

 Do you have any idea of the max # of shortcodes able to be registered
 before the PCRE compiler crashes?

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