4 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index 08a3d7875..e5370f4a6 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -2388,7 +2388,7 @@ sub glob2re ($) {
 	my $re=quotemeta(shift);
 	$re=~s/\\\*/.*/g;
 	$re=~s/\\\?/./g;
-	return $re;
+	return qr/^$re$/i;
 }
 
 package IkiWiki::FailReason;
@@ -2482,6 +2482,8 @@ sub derel ($$) {
 	return $path;
 }
 
+my %glob_cache;
+
 sub match_glob ($$;@) {
 	my $page=shift;
 	my $glob=shift;
@@ -2489,8 +2491,13 @@ sub match_glob ($$;@) {
 	
 	$glob=derel($glob, $params{location});
 
-	my $regexp=IkiWiki::glob2re($glob);
-	if ($page=~/^$regexp$/i) {
+	# Instead of converting the glob to a regex every time,
+	# cache the compiled regex to save time.
+	if (!defined $glob_cache{$glob}) {
+		my $re = IkiWiki::glob2re($glob);
+		$glob_cache{$glob} = $re;
+	}
+	if ($page=~ $glob_cache{$glob}) {
 		if (! IkiWiki::isinternal($page) || $params{internal}) {
 			return IkiWiki::SuccessReason->new("$glob matches $page");
 		}
@@ -2660,7 +2667,7 @@ sub match_user ($$;@) {
 		return IkiWiki::ErrorReason->new("no user specified");
 	}
 
-	if (defined $params{user} && $params{user}=~/^$regexp$/i) {
+	if (defined $params{user} && $params{user}=~$regexp) {
 		return IkiWiki::SuccessReason->new("user is $user");
 	}
 	elsif (! defined $params{user}) {
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/filecheck.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/filecheck.pm
index 3b0a7b314..4f4e67489 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/filecheck.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/filecheck.pm
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ sub match_mimetype ($$;@) {
 	}
 
 	my $regexp=IkiWiki::glob2re($wanted);
-	if ($mimetype!~/^$regexp$/i) {
+	if ($mimetype!~$regexp) {
 		return IkiWiki::FailReason->new("file MIME type is $mimetype, not $wanted");
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/meta.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/meta.pm
index 5cfa72833..47007afe2 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/meta.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/meta.pm
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ sub match {
 	}
 
 	if (defined $val) {
-		if ($val=~/^$re$/i) {
+		if ($val=~$re) {
 			return IkiWiki::SuccessReason->new("$re matches $field of $page", $page => $IkiWiki::DEPEND_CONTENT, "" => 1);
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/po.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/po.pm
index a79e7d7f0..79142ed1f 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/po.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/po.pm
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ sub match_lang ($$;@) {
 
 	my $regexp=IkiWiki::glob2re($wanted);
 	my $lang=IkiWiki::Plugin::po::lang($page);
-	if ($lang !~ /^$regexp$/i) {
+	if ($lang !~ $regexp) {
 		return IkiWiki::FailReason->new("file language is $lang, not $wanted");
 	}
 	else {