patch 9.0.0951: trying every character position for a match is inefficient Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/01105b37a108022515d364201767f7f111ec4222 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Nov 26 11:47:10 2022 +0000 patch 9.0.0951: trying every character position for a match is inefficient Problem: Trying every character position for a match is inefficient. Solution: Use the start position of the match ignoring "\zs".

--- a/src/regexp.c
+++ b/src/regexp.c
@@ -1123,10 +1123,12 @@ static unsigned	reg_tofreelen;
 typedef struct {
     regmatch_T		*reg_match;
     regmmatch_T		*reg_mmatch;
+
     char_u		**reg_startp;
     char_u		**reg_endp;
     lpos_T		*reg_startpos;
     lpos_T		*reg_endpos;
+
     win_T		*reg_win;
     buf_T		*reg_buf;
     linenr_T		reg_firstlnum;