On Sat, 30 Jun 2018, ND via Pcre-dev wrote:
> I'm surprised: is there another algorithm of working /g in pcretest in
> comparing with PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_GLOBAL in pcre2_substitute()?
Sorry, my bad. I had forgotten about PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_GLOBAL. You are
right.
> Sorry for my bad English. A want to ask: aren't
> /g in pcretest
> and
> pcre2_substitute() with PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_GLOBAL
> use the same algorithm?
Yes, they should be.
> I wonder that repeat return of the same match string as previous but at
> another point in the subject is interpreted as error. Why? I think it
> shouldn't.
If you don't treat it specially, you would get TWO substitutions at the
same point.
I have thought of a way of changing pcre2test but I have not tried it
yet. Maybe later today, or tomorrow... If it works, I will then look at
PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_GLOBAL.
Philip
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