X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fpcre.html;h=c87b10664278dc5ab7ae4535da6667d8a48de107;hb=HEAD;hp=c2b29aa8121723f92778c440a86df91be61a7330;hpb=e5f50570097752e9d8d68df700473362e385bda6;p=pcre3.git diff --git a/doc/html/pcre.html b/doc/html/pcre.html index c2b29aa..c87b106 100644 --- a/doc/html/pcre.html +++ b/doc/html/pcre.html @@ -13,13 +13,24 @@ from the original man page. If there is any nonsense in it, please consult the man page, in case the conversion went wrong.
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INTRODUCTION
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PLEASE TAKE NOTE
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+This document relates to PCRE releases that use the original API, +with library names libpcre, libpcre16, and libpcre32. January 2015 saw the +first release of a new API, known as PCRE2, with release numbers starting at +10.00 and library names libpcre2-8, libpcre2-16, and libpcre2-32. The old +libraries (now called PCRE1) are still being maintained for bug fixes, but +there will be no new development. New projects are advised to use the new PCRE2 +libraries. +

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INTRODUCTION

The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl, with just a few @@ -115,7 +126,7 @@ clashes. In some environments, it is possible to control which external symbols are exported when a shared library is built, and in these cases the undocumented symbols are not exported.

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SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
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SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

If you are using PCRE in a non-UTF application that permits users to supply arbitrary patterns for compilation, you should be aware of a feature that @@ -149,7 +160,7 @@ against this: see the PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT feature in the pcreapi page.

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USER DOCUMENTATION
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USER DOCUMENTATION

The user documentation for PCRE comprises a number of different sections. In the "man" format, each of these is a separate "man page". In the HTML format, @@ -188,7 +199,7 @@ follows: In the "man" and HTML formats, there is also a short page for each C library function, listing its arguments and results.

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AUTHOR
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AUTHOR

Philip Hazel
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REVISION
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REVISION

-Last updated: 08 January 2014 +Last updated: 10 February 2015
-Copyright © 1997-2014 University of Cambridge. +Copyright © 1997-2015 University of Cambridge.

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