Re: [pcre-dev] 8.34-RC1: \s is locale dependent whereas [\s]…

On 25.11.2013 15:41, ph10@??? wrote:

> If you did specify the locale at compile time, the tables should be
> remembered and used at runtime. In this case, there is something that
> needs to be investigated.

I use the same locale at compile time and run time. More precisely, I am
using a modified pcre_chartables.c file.

The problem surface when I tested the PCRE 8.34-RC1 without updating
pcre_chartables.c. The old file does not define VT as white space and
with this, PCRE gives different results for [\s] and \s which I believed
it should not.

On further investigation, it turned out that updating pcre_chartables.c
solved the issue.

It seems that for [\s], white space are determined by cbits in
pcre_compile.c line 5030.

For \s, the white space is determined by md->ctypes in pcre_exec.c line
4815.

I do not fully understand how these variables are filled, but they
contain different values for VT.

Btw., PCRE_EXTENDED seems to be affected by the problem as well: Unless
VT is defined as white space in pcre_chartables.c, VT is not removed
from the pattern in extended mode.

The pcre_chartables.c which does NOT define VT as white space is attached.

Ralf
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif

#include "pcre_internal.h"

const unsigned char PRIV(default_tables)[] = {
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,
8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,
16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,
24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,
32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,
40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,
48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,
56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,
64,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,
104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,
112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,
120,121,122,91,92,93,94,95,
96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,
104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,
112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,
120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,
128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,
136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,
144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,
152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,
160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,
168,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,
176,177,178,179,180,181,182,183,
184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191,
224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,
232,233,234,235,236,237,238,239,
240,241,242,243,244,245,246,215,
248,249,250,251,252,253,254,223,
224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,
232,233,234,235,236,237,238,239,
240,241,242,243,244,245,246,247,
248,249,250,251,252,253,254,255,
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,
8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,
16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,
24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,
32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,
40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,
48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,
56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,
64,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,
104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,
112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,
120,121,122,91,92,93,94,95,
96,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,
72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,
80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,
88,89,90,123,124,125,126,127,
128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,
136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,
144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,
152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,
160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,
168,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,
176,177,178,179,180,181,182,183,
184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191,
224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,
232,233,234,235,236,237,238,239,
240,241,242,243,244,245,246,215,
248,249,250,251,252,253,254,223,
192,193,194,195,196,197,198,199,
200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,
208,209,210,211,212,213,214,247,
216,217,218,219,220,221,222,255,
0,62,0,0,1,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
32,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,255,3,
126,0,0,0,126,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,255,3,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,12,2,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
254,255,255,7,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
255,255,127,127,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,254,255,255,7,
0,0,0,0,0,4,32,4,
0,0,0,128,255,255,127,255,
0,0,0,0,0,0,255,3,
254,255,255,135,254,255,255,7,
0,0,0,0,0,4,44,6,
255,255,127,255,255,255,127,255,
0,0,0,0,254,255,255,255,
255,255,255,255,255,255,255,127,
0,0,0,0,254,255,255,255,
255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
0,2,0,0,255,255,255,255,
255,255,255,255,255,255,255,127,
0,0,0,0,255,255,255,255,
255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
0,0,0,0,254,255,0,252,
1,0,0,248,1,0,0,120,
0,0,0,0,254,255,255,255,
0,0,128,0,0,0,128,0,
255,255,255,255,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,128,
255,255,255,255,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
1,0,0,0,128,0,0,0,
128,128,128,128,0,0,128,0,
28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,
28,28,0,0,0,0,0,128,
0,26,26,26,26,26,26,18,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,
18,18,18,128,128,0,128,16,
0,26,26,26,26,26,26,18,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,
18,18,18,128,128,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,20,20,0,18,0,0,
0,20,18,0,0,0,0,0,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,0,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,0,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18
};