Revision: 1391
http://vcs.pcre.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=1391
Author: ph10
Date: 2013-11-06 16:43:07 +0000 (Wed, 06 Nov 2013)
Log Message:
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Minor documentation clarifications.
Modified Paths:
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code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3
code/trunk/doc/pcresyntax.3
Modified: code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3
===================================================================
--- code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3 2013-11-06 11:20:27 UTC (rev 1390)
+++ code/trunk/doc/pcrepattern.3 2013-11-06 16:43:07 UTC (rev 1391)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PCREPATTERN 3 "02 November 2013" "PCRE 8.34"
+.TH PCREPATTERN 3 "05 November 2013" "PCRE 8.34"
.SH NAME
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions
.SH "PCRE REGULAR EXPRESSION DETAILS"
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@
(*LIMIT_RECURSION=d)
.sp
where d is any number of decimal digits. However, the value of the setting must
-be less than the value set by the caller of \fBpcre_exec()\fP for it to have
-any effect. In other words, the pattern writer can lower the limit set by the
-programmer, but not raise it. If there is more than one setting of one of these
-limits, the lower value is used.
+be less than the value set (or defaulted) by the caller of \fBpcre_exec()\fP
+for it to have any effect. In other words, the pattern writer can lower the
+limits set by the programmer, but not raise them. If there is more than one
+setting of one of these limits, the lower value is used.
.
.
.SH "EBCDIC CHARACTER CODES"
@@ -3198,6 +3198,6 @@
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 02 November 2013
+Last updated: 05 November 2013
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 University of Cambridge.
.fi
Modified: code/trunk/doc/pcresyntax.3
===================================================================
--- code/trunk/doc/pcresyntax.3 2013-11-06 11:20:27 UTC (rev 1390)
+++ code/trunk/doc/pcresyntax.3 2013-11-06 16:43:07 UTC (rev 1391)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PCRESYNTAX 3 "08 October 2013" "PCRE 8.34"
+.TH PCRESYNTAX 3 "05 November 2013" "PCRE 8.34"
.SH NAME
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions
.SH "PCRE REGULAR EXPRESSION SYNTAX SUMMARY"
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@
(*UTF32) set UTF-32 mode: 32-bit library (PCRE_UTF32)
(*UTF) set appropriate UTF mode for the library in use
(*UCP) set PCRE_UCP (use Unicode properties for \ed etc)
+.sp
+Note that LIMIT_MATCH and LIMIT_RECURSION can only reduce the value of the
+limits set by the caller of pcre_exec(), not increase them.
.
.
.SH "LOOKAHEAD AND LOOKBEHIND ASSERTIONS"
@@ -503,6 +506,6 @@
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 08 October 2013
+Last updated: 05 November 2013
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 University of Cambridge.
.fi
