OPTIM: pattern: only apply LRU cache for large enough lists
As shown in issue #1518, the LRU cache has a non-null cost that can
sometimes be above the match cost it's trying to avoid. After a number
of tests, it appears that:
- "simple" match operations (sub, beg, end, int etc) reach a break-even
after ~20 patterns in list
- "heavy" match operations (reg) reach a break-even after ~5 patterns in
list
Let's only consult the LRU cache when the number of patterns in the
expression is at least as large as this limit. Of course there will
always be outliers but it already starts good.
Another improvement consists in reducing the cache size to further
speed up lookups, which makes sense if less expressions use the cache.