Revision: 607
http://vcs.pcre.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=607
Author: ph10
Date: 2011-06-12 16:09:49 +0100 (Sun, 12 Jun 2011)
Log Message:
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Document that isolated \Q continues till the end of the pattern.
Modified Paths:
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code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3
Modified: code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3
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--- code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3 2011-06-06 17:46:22 UTC (rev 606)
+++ code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3 2011-06-12 15:09:49 UTC (rev 607)
@@ -220,7 +220,11 @@
\eQabc\eE\e$\eQxyz\eE abc$xyz abc$xyz
.sp
The \eQ...\eE sequence is recognized both inside and outside character classes.
-An isolated \eE that is not preceded by \eQ is ignored.
+An isolated \eE that is not preceded by \eQ is ignored. If \eQ is not followed
+by \eE later in the pattern, the literal interpretation continues to the end of
+the pattern (that is, \eE is assumed at the end). If the isolated \eQ is inside
+a character class, this causes an error, because the character class is not
+terminated.
.
.
.\" HTML <a name="digitsafterbackslash"></a>
@@ -2748,6 +2752,6 @@
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 21 November 2010
-Copyright (c) 1997-2010 University of Cambridge.
+Last updated: 12 June 2011
+Copyright (c) 1997-2011 University of Cambridge.
.fi
