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[-] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 35 points 19 hours ago

There could be a hidden quadratic cost because the string needs to be reallocated and copied multiple times.

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 4 points 11 hours ago

Not quadratic in the length of the input. Assuming replace is linear this is also linear

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 33 points 17 hours ago
[-] aaaaaaaaargh@feddit.org 8 points 12 hours ago

This is the spirit

this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2025
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