Author: ph10 Date: To: ND CC: Pcre-dev Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] Document SKIP position before or equal start_offset
On Sat, 22 Jun 2019, ND via Pcre-dev wrote:
> >If (*SKIP) is used inside a lookbehind to specify a new starting
> >position...
>
> I suggest to remove "inside a lookbehind".
> A new starting position that is not later than the starting point of the
> current match may occur without lookbehind:
I have changed it to this:
If (*SKIP) is used to specify a new starting position that is the same
as the starting position of the current match, or (by being inside a
lookbehind) earlier, the position specified by (*SKIP) is ignored, and
instead the normal "bumpalong" occurs.
