Re: [pcre-dev] Odd behavior of \k

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Sheri
CC: pcre-dev
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Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] Odd behavior of \k
On Wed, 6 Apr 2011, Sheri wrote:

> And this pattern ^(\k)(\k)pqreeest$
>
> tested against the subject UU
>
> matches the first U
>
> Tested with pcretest using pcre 8.11 aka 8.12 shared library under Windows.


I've committed a patch that fixes this. It was compiling nonsense. Now
it gives a compile-time error, as does Perl.

Philip

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Philip Hazel