--- /home/phahn/GIT/branches/ucs-3.1/ucs-3.1-2/base/univention-config-registry/python/univention/config_registry/frontend.py	2013-04-25 07:34:22.557864398 +0200
+++ /tmp/frontend.py	2013-05-24 11:20:20.921381541 +0200
@@ -310,10 +310,10 @@
 	search_keys |= search_all
 
 	if not args:
-		regex = [re.compile('')]
+		search = lambda x: True
 	else:
 		try:
-			regex = [re.compile(_) for _ in args]
+			search = re.compile('|'.join(('(?:%s)' % (_,) for _ in args))).search
 		except re.error, ex:
 			print >> sys.stderr, 'E: invalid regular expression: %s' % (ex,)
 			sys.exit(1)
@@ -352,13 +352,11 @@
 			all_vars[key] = (value, None, scope)
 
 	for key, (value, vinfo, scope) in all_vars.items():
-		for reg in regex:
-			if ((search_keys and reg.search(key)) or
-					(search_values and value and reg.search(value)) or
+			if ((search_keys and search(key)) or
+					(search_values and value and search(value)) or
 					(search_all and vinfo and
-						reg.search(vinfo.get('description', '')))):
+						search(vinfo.get('description', '')))):
 				print_variable_info_string(key, value, vinfo, details=details)
-				break
 
 	if _SHOW_EMPTY & details and not OPT_FILTERS['shell'][2]:
 		patterns = {}