also cache split regexes, not just match regexes

gives about 1% improvement on system eval, a bit less on nix search.

 # before

  nix search --no-eval-cache --offline ../nixpkgs hello
    Time (mean ± σ):      7.419 s ±  0.045 s    [User: 6.362 s, System: 0.794 s]
    Range (min … max):    7.335 s …  7.517 s    20 runs

  nix eval --raw --impure --expr 'with import <nixpkgs/nixos> {}; system'
    Time (mean ± σ):      2.921 s ±  0.023 s    [User: 2.626 s, System: 0.210 s]
    Range (min … max):    2.883 s …  2.957 s    20 runs

 # after

  nix search --no-eval-cache --offline ../nixpkgs hello
    Time (mean ± σ):      7.370 s ±  0.059 s    [User: 6.333 s, System: 0.791 s]
    Range (min … max):    7.286 s …  7.541 s    20 runs

  nix eval --raw --impure --expr 'with import <nixpkgs/nixos> {}; system'
    Time (mean ± σ):      2.891 s ±  0.033 s    [User: 2.606 s, System: 0.210 s]
    Range (min … max):    2.823 s …  2.958 s    20 runs

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index 839fbb95c..3004e9a0a 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -3528,18 +3528,20 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_match({
 
 /* Split a string with a regular expression, and return a list of the
    non-matching parts interleaved by the lists of the matching groups. */
-static void prim_split(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
+void prim_split(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
     auto re = state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos);
 
     try {
 
-        std::regex regex(re, std::regex::extended);
+        auto regex = state.regexCache->cache.find(re);
+        if (regex == state.regexCache->cache.end())
+            regex = state.regexCache->cache.emplace(re, std::regex(re, std::regex::extended)).first;
 
         PathSet context;
         const std::string str = state.forceString(*args[1], context, pos);
 
-        auto begin = std::sregex_iterator(str.begin(), str.end(), regex);
+        auto begin = std::sregex_iterator(str.begin(), str.end(), regex->second);
         auto end = std::sregex_iterator();
 
         // Any matches results are surrounded by non-matching results.