use strict;
use warnings;

use Benchmark qw(:all :hireswallclock) ;

our $inputA = "X".(" \t" x 10000)."A";
our $inputB = "X".(" \t" x 10000)."B";

our $m1A = 0;
our $m1B = 0;
our $m2A = 0;
our $m2B = 0;

my $c1A = <<'CODE';
my $s = $inputA;
$m1A++ if ($s =~ s/[\s\u200c]+A/ A/g);
CODE

my $c1B = <<'CODE';
my $s = $inputB;
$m1B++ if ($s =~ s/[\s\u200c]+A/ A/g);
CODE

my $c2A = <<'CODE';
my $s = $inputA;
$m2A++ if ($s =~ s/(?<=\S)[\s\u200c]+A/ A/g);
CODE

my $c2B = <<'CODE';
my $s = $inputB;
$m2B++ if ($s =~ s/(?<=\S)[\s\u200c]+A/ A/g);
CODE

timethis(100_000,$c1A);
timethis(100_000,$c1B);
timethis(100_000,$c2A);
timethis(100_000,$c2B);

print "M1A: $m1A\n";
print "M1B: $m1B\n";
print "M2A: $m2A\n";
print "M2B: $m2B\n";