From dd394ebba51723c89e063caecae3bfa71729af77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gorhill <rhill@raymondhill.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 17:34:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] code review: regex perf as per
 https://www.loggly.com/blog/five-invaluable-techniques-to-improve-regex-performance/

---
 src/js/static-net-filtering.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/js/static-net-filtering.js b/src/js/static-net-filtering.js
index c684e9a21..fd23afd30 100644
--- a/src/js/static-net-filtering.js
+++ b/src/js/static-net-filtering.js
@@ -193,9 +193,10 @@ var strToRegex = function(s, anchor, flags) {
         return alwaysTruePseudoRegex;
     }
 
+    // https://www.loggly.com/blog/five-invaluable-techniques-to-improve-regex-performance/
     // https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions
     var reStr = s.replace(/[.+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')
-                 .replace(/\*/g, '.*');
+                 .replace(/\*/g, '[^ ]*?');
 
     if ( anchor < 0 ) {
         reStr = '^' + reStr;