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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
index 63786c1508c..d0c5f2d3fc4 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
;;; Code:
;;;###autoload
-(defun regexp-opt (strings &optional paren)
+(defun regexp-opt (strings &optional paren noreorder)
"Return a regexp to match a string in the list STRINGS.
Each string should be unique in STRINGS and should not contain
any regexps, quoted or not. Optional PAREN specifies how the
@@ -111,8 +111,14 @@ nil
necessary to ensure that a postfix operator appended to it will
apply to the whole expression.
-The resulting regexp is equivalent to but usually more efficient
-than that of a simplified version:
+The optional argument NOREORDER, if nil or omitted, allows the
+returned regexp to match the strings in any order. If non-nil,
+the match is guaranteed to be performed in the order given, as if
+the strings were made into a regexp by joining them with the
+`\\|' operator.
+
+Up to reordering, the resulting regexp is equivalent to but
+usually more efficient than that of a simplified version:
(defun simplified-regexp-opt (strings &optional paren)
(let ((parens
@@ -133,7 +139,15 @@ than that of a simplified version:
(open (cond ((stringp paren) paren) (paren "\\(")))
(sorted-strings (delete-dups
(sort (copy-sequence strings) 'string-lessp)))
- (re (regexp-opt-group sorted-strings (or open t) (not open))))
+ (re
+ ;; If NOREORDER is non-nil and the list contains a prefix
+ ;; of another string, we give up all attempts at optimisation.
+ ;; There is plenty of room for improvement (Bug#34641).
+ (if (and noreorder (regexp-opt--contains-prefix sorted-strings))
+ (concat (or open "\\(?:")
+ (mapconcat #'regexp-quote strings "\\|")
+ "\\)")
+ (regexp-opt-group sorted-strings (or open t) (not open)))))
(cond ((eq paren 'words)
(concat "\\<" re "\\>"))
((eq paren 'symbols)
@@ -313,6 +327,22 @@ CHARS should be a list of characters."
(concat "[" dash caret "]"))
(concat "[" bracket charset caret dash "]"))))
+
+(defun regexp-opt--contains-prefix (strings)
+ "Whether STRINGS contains a proper prefix of one of its other elements.
+STRINGS must be a list of sorted strings without duplicates."
+ (let ((s strings))
+ ;; In a lexicographically sorted list, a string always immediately
+ ;; succeeds one of its prefixes.
+ (while (and (cdr s)
+ (not (string-equal
+ (car s)
+ (substring (cadr s) 0 (min (length (car s))
+ (length (cadr s)))))))
+ (setq s (cdr s)))
+ (cdr s)))
+
+
(provide 'regexp-opt)
;;; regexp-opt.el ends here