Revision: 1344
http://vcs.pcre.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=1344
Author: ph10
Date: 2013-07-02 18:40:20 +0100 (Tue, 02 Jul 2013)
Log Message:
-----------
Fix error in description of PCRE_INFO_FIRSTCHARACTER.
Modified Paths:
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code/trunk/doc/pcreapi.3
Modified: code/trunk/doc/pcreapi.3
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--- code/trunk/doc/pcreapi.3 2013-07-02 16:50:48 UTC (rev 1343)
+++ code/trunk/doc/pcreapi.3 2013-07-02 17:40:20 UTC (rev 1344)
@@ -1477,26 +1477,14 @@
.sp
PCRE_INFO_FIRSTCHARACTER
.sp
-Return the fixed first character value, if PCRE_INFO_FIRSTCHARACTERFLAGS
-returned 1; otherwise returns 0. The fourth argument should point to an
-\fBuint_t\fP variable.
+Return the fixed first character value in the situation where
+PCRE_INFO_FIRSTCHARACTERFLAGS returns 1; otherwise return 0. The fourth
+argument should point to an \fBuint_t\fP variable.
.P
In the 8-bit library, the value is always less than 256. In the 16-bit library
the value can be up to 0xffff. In the 32-bit library in UTF-32 mode the value
can be up to 0x10ffff, and up to 0xffffffff when not using UTF-32 mode.
-.P
-If there is no fixed first value, and if either
.sp
-(a) the pattern was compiled with the PCRE_MULTILINE option, and every branch
-starts with "^", or
-.sp
-(b) every branch of the pattern starts with ".*" and PCRE_DOTALL is not set
-(if it were set, the pattern would be anchored),
-.sp
--1 is returned, indicating that the pattern matches only at the start of a
-subject string or after any newline within the string. Otherwise -2 is
-returned. For anchored patterns, -2 is returned.
-.sp
PCRE_INFO_REQUIREDCHARFLAGS
.sp
Returns 1 if there is a rightmost literal data unit that must exist in any
@@ -2854,6 +2842,6 @@
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 12 June 2013
+Last updated: 02 July 2013
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 University of Cambridge.
.fi
