Optimize case folding.

When `regex-syntax` is compiled under debug mode, case folding can
take a significant amount of time. This path is easily triggered by
using case insensitive regexes.

This commit speeds up the case folding process by skipping binary
searches, although it is still not optimal. It could probably benefit
from a fresh approach, but let's leave it alone for now.

Author: BurntSushi

regex-syntax/src/lib.rs

@@ -482,17 +482,24 @@ impl ClassRange {
     /// canonical order.
     fn case_fold(self) -> Vec<ClassRange> {
         let (s, e) = (self.start as u32, self.end as u32 + 1);
-        let folded = (s..e).filter_map(char::from_u32).map(simple_case_fold);
-        ClassRange::ranges(folded)
-    }
-
-    /// Turns a non-empty sequence of sorted characters into a sequence of
-    /// class ranges in canonical format/order.
-    fn ranges<I: Iterator<Item=char>>(mut chars: I) -> Vec<ClassRange> {
-        let mut ranges = Vec::with_capacity(100);
-        let mut start = chars.next().expect("non-empty char iterator");
+        let mut start = simple_case_fold(self.start);
         let mut end = start;
-        for c in chars {
+        let mut next_case_fold = self.start;
+        let mut ranges = Vec::with_capacity(100);
+        for mut c in (s+1..e).filter_map(char::from_u32) {
+            if c >= next_case_fold {
+                c = match simple_case_fold_result(c) {
+                    Ok(i) => case_folding::C_plus_S_table[i].1,
+                    Err(i) => {
+                        if i < case_folding::C_plus_S_table.len() {
+                            next_case_fold = case_folding::C_plus_S_table[i].0;
+                        } else {
+                            next_case_fold = '\u{10FFFF}'
+                        }
+                        c
+                    }
+                };
+            }
             if c != inc_char(end) {
                 ranges.push(ClassRange::new(start, end));
                 start = c;
@@ -886,10 +893,17 @@ impl fmt::Display for ErrorKind {
 /// expose it because it is used inside the various Regex engines.
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub fn simple_case_fold(c: char) -> char {
-    match case_folding::C_plus_S_table.binary_search_by(|&(x, _)| x.cmp(&c)) {
-        Ok(i) => case_folding::C_plus_S_table[i].1,
-        Err(_) => c,
-    }
+    simple_case_fold_result(c)
+        .map(|i| case_folding::C_plus_S_table[i].1)
+        .unwrap_or(c)
+}
+
+/// The result of binary search on the simple case folding table.
+///
+/// This level of detail is exposed so that we can do case folding on a
+/// range of characters efficiently.
+fn simple_case_fold_result(c: char) -> ::std::result::Result<usize, usize> {
+    case_folding::C_plus_S_table.binary_search_by(|&(x, _)| x.cmp(&c))
 }
 
 /// Escapes all regular expression meta characters in `text`.