patch 8.2.4760: using matchfuzzy() on a long list can take a while

Problem:    Using matchfuzzy() on a long list can take a while.
Solution:   Add a limit to the number of matches. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto,
            closes #10189)
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Yasuhiro Matsumoto
2022-04-16 12:35:35 +01:00
committed by Bram Moolenaar
parent 693ccd1160
commit 9029a6e993
4 changed files with 47 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -5581,7 +5581,7 @@ matchfuzzy({list}, {str} [, {dict}]) *matchfuzzy()*
If {list} is a list of dictionaries, then the optional {dict}
argument supports the following additional items:
key key of the item which is fuzzy matched against
key Key of the item which is fuzzy matched against
{str}. The value of this item should be a
string.
text_cb |Funcref| that will be called for every item
@ -5589,6 +5589,8 @@ matchfuzzy({list}, {str} [, {dict}]) *matchfuzzy()*
This should accept a dictionary item as the
argument and return the text for that item to
use for fuzzy matching.
limit Maximum number of matches in {list} to be
returned. Zero means no limit.
{str} is treated as a literal string and regular expression
matching is NOT supported. The maximum supported {str} length
@ -5601,6 +5603,9 @@ matchfuzzy({list}, {str} [, {dict}]) *matchfuzzy()*
empty list is returned. If length of {str} is greater than
256, then returns an empty list.
When {limit} is given, matchfuzzy() will find up to this
number of matches in {list} and return them in sorted order.
Refer to |fuzzy-matching| for more information about fuzzy
matching strings.