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csv.Sniffer.sniff() takes quadratic time on long runs of spaces

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开始于 2026年10月26日。

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Read Lib/csv.py and inspect the regex search in Sniffer._split_dormant() described in the issue. Reproduce the slowdown with the supplied timing sample, then check that the proposed lookbehind preserves matching results while avoiding repeated attempts within a space run. Done means the long-run timings no longer grow quadratically and the existing csv tests pass.

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Bug report

Bug description:

On main, csv.Sniffer().sniff() takes quadratic time when the sample contains a quote character and a long run of spaces that is not followed by one:

import csv, time

for n in (8000, 16000, 32000, 64000):
    sample = 'a' + ' ' * n + 'x"\n'
    t = time.perf_counter()
    try:
        csv.Sniffer().sniff(sample)
    except csv.Error:
        pass
    print(n, round(time.perf_counter() - t, 4))

Seconds, on macOS 27.0.1 (Apple M3):

n main (debug build) main + fix (debug build) 3.15.0 (release, for comparison)
8000 0.050 0.011 0.010
16000 0.153 0.002 0.004
32000 0.598 0.004 0.007
64000 2.373 0.008 0.015

The sample ('a,b' + ' ' * 100_000 + 'c"\n') * 4 takes 23.2 s on main and 0.06 s with the fix.

The cause is the regex in Sniffer._split_dormant() (Lib/csv.py):

m = re.compile(fr'(?:^|([\r\n{cls}]))'
               fr' *{quotechar}').search(part, pos)

The space is a delimiter candidate whenever the sample contains one, so it is in cls. The search then tries a match at every space of the run: [...] matches that space, * consumes the rest of the run, and the match fails on the next character. A run of n spaces costs O(n**2).

A match that starts at a space preceded by a space is never the leftmost one: a match with the same group and the same end also starts at the beginning of the run. Adding the lookbehind (?<! ) after the group skips those positions without changing any result.

This was introduced in gh-83273 (25fea6d64e1) and is in 3.16.0a1. 3.15 and older are not affected.

CPython versions tested on:

3.15, CPython main branch

Operating systems tested on:

macOS

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