Revision: 394
http://vcs.pcre.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=394
Author: ph10
Date: 2009-03-18 16:38:23 +0000 (Wed, 18 Mar 2009)
Log Message:
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Add words about \b in UTF-8 mode.
Modified Paths:
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code/trunk/doc/pcre.3
code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3
Modified: code/trunk/doc/pcre.3
===================================================================
--- code/trunk/doc/pcre.3 2009-03-17 21:47:54 UTC (rev 393)
+++ code/trunk/doc/pcre.3 2009-03-18 16:38:23 UTC (rev 394)
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@
values less than 256. This remains true even when PCRE includes Unicode
property support, because to do otherwise would slow down PCRE in many common
cases. If you really want to test for a wider sense of, say, "digit", you
-must use Unicode property tests such as \ep{Nd}.
+must use Unicode property tests such as \ep{Nd}. Note that this also applies to
+\eb, because it is defined in terms of \ew and \eW.
.P
7. Similarly, characters that match the POSIX named character classes are all
low-valued characters.
@@ -289,6 +290,6 @@
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 12 April 2008
-Copyright (c) 1997-2008 University of Cambridge.
+Last updated: 18 March 2009
+Copyright (c) 1997-2009 University of Cambridge.
.fi
Modified: code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3
===================================================================
--- code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3 2009-03-17 21:47:54 UTC (rev 393)
+++ code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3 2009-03-18 16:38:23 UTC (rev 394)
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@
\ew, and always match \eD, \eS, and \eW. This is true even when Unicode
character property support is available. These sequences retain their original
meanings from before UTF-8 support was available, mainly for efficiency
-reasons.
+reasons. Note that this also affects \eb, because it is defined in terms of \ew
+and \eW.
.P
The sequences \eh, \eH, \ev, and \eV are Perl 5.10 features. In contrast to the
other sequences, these do match certain high-valued codepoints in UTF-8 mode.
@@ -2244,6 +2245,6 @@
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 08 March 2009
+Last updated: 18 March 2009
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 University of Cambridge.
.fi
