Re: [pcre-dev] issues with EBCDIC and pcretest

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Author: ph10
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To: Ze'ev Atlas
CC: pcre-dev@exim.org
Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] issues with EBCDIC and pcretest
On Fri, 19 Jun 2015, Ze'ev Atlas wrote:

> The bottom line is that 0xa0 is part of \h in ASCII, but 0x41 is not
> so in EBCDIC.  Is that a built in definition, or does PCRE make the
> determination? 


PCRE defines \h. Until this came up, I was unaware of the existence of
0x41 in EBCDIC as an equivalent for 0xa0. At the moment, \h matches only
horizontal tab and space in EBCDIC. I will add 0x41, and check your
other messages - hopefully later today.

Philip

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Philip Hazel