Revision: 997
http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre2?view=rev&revision=997
Author: ph10
Date: 2018-09-04 18:01:28 +0100 (Tue, 04 Sep 2018)
Log Message:
-----------
Documentation update
Modified Paths:
--------------
code/trunk/doc/pcre2pattern.3
Modified: code/trunk/doc/pcre2pattern.3
===================================================================
--- code/trunk/doc/pcre2pattern.3 2018-09-03 15:20:40 UTC (rev 996)
+++ code/trunk/doc/pcre2pattern.3 2018-09-04 17:01:28 UTC (rev 997)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PCRE2PATTERN 3 "02 September 2018" "PCRE2 10.32"
+.TH PCRE2PATTERN 3 "04 September 2018" "PCRE2 10.32"
.SH NAME
PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
.SH "PCRE2 REGULAR EXPRESSION DETAILS"
@@ -3623,12 +3623,15 @@
(*FAIL) in a subpattern called as a subroutine has its normal effect: it forces
an immediate backtrack.
.P
-(*COMMIT), (*SKIP), and (*PRUNE) in a subpattern called as a subroutine cause
-the subroutine match to fail.
+(*COMMIT), (*SKIP), and (*PRUNE) cause the subroutine match to fail when
+triggered by being backtracked to in a subpattern called as a subroutine. There
+is then a backtrack at the outer level.
.P
-(*THEN) skips to the next alternative in the innermost enclosing group within
-the subpattern that has alternatives. If there is no such group within the
-subpattern, (*THEN) causes the subroutine match to fail.
+(*THEN), when triggered, skips to the next alternative in the innermost
+enclosing group within the subpattern that has alternatives (its normal
+behaviour). However, if there is no such group within the subroutine
+subpattern, the subroutine match fails and there is a backtrack at the outer
+level.
.
.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
@@ -3652,6 +3655,6 @@
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 02 September 2018
+Last updated: 04 September 2018
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 University of Cambridge.
.fi
