From 11b30a0f696e3fce498f8d5fe1194b81746bcd83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 2 * r + 2 * t <61896496+soramanew@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:22:45 +1100
Subject: strings: cache compiled RegExp objects

---
 utils/Strings.qml | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'utils')

diff --git a/utils/Strings.qml b/utils/Strings.qml
index 1d0cc76..a91a0c0 100644
--- a/utils/Strings.qml
+++ b/utils/Strings.qml
@@ -3,12 +3,18 @@ pragma Singleton
 import Quickshell
 
 Singleton {
+    property var _regexCache: ({})
+
     function testRegexList(filterList: list<string>, target: string): bool {
         const regexChecker = /^\^.*\$$/;
         for (const filter of filterList) {
-            // If filter is a regex
             if (regexChecker.test(filter)) {
-                if ((new RegExp(filter)).test(target))
+                let re = _regexCache[filter];
+                if (!re) {
+                    re = new RegExp(filter);
+                    _regexCache[filter] = re;
+                }
+                if (re.test(target))
                     return true;
             } else {
                 if (filter === target)
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