Revision: 1141
http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre2?view=rev&revision=1141
Author: ph10
Date: 2019-07-22 12:05:19 +0100 (Mon, 22 Jul 2019)
Log Message:
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Documentation typo fixes.
Modified Paths:
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code/trunk/doc/pcre2api.3
Modified: code/trunk/doc/pcre2api.3
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--- code/trunk/doc/pcre2api.3 2019-07-21 16:48:13 UTC (rev 1140)
+++ code/trunk/doc/pcre2api.3 2019-07-22 11:05:19 UTC (rev 1141)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PCRE2API 3 "20 July 2019" "PCRE2 10.34"
+.TH PCRE2API 3 "22 July 2019" "PCRE2 10.34"
.SH NAME
PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
.sp
@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@
PCRE2_ERROR_BADOPTION the value of \fIwhat\fP was invalid
PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET the requested field is not set
.sp
-The "magic number" is placed at the start of each compiled pattern as an simple
+The "magic number" is placed at the start of each compiled pattern as a simple
check against passing an arbitrary memory pointer. Here is a typical call of
\fBpcre2_pattern_info()\fP, to obtain the length of the compiled pattern:
.sp
@@ -2077,7 +2077,7 @@
PCRE2_INFO_BACKREFMAX
.sp
Return the number of the highest backreference in the pattern. The third
-argument should point to an \fBuint32_t\fP variable. Named capture groups
+argument should point to a \fBuint32_t\fP variable. Named capture groups
acquire numbers as well as names, and these count towards the highest
backreference. Backreferences such as \e4 or \eg{12} match the captured
characters of the given group, but in addition, the check that a capture
@@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@
.sp
Return the highest capture group number in the pattern. In patterns where (?|
is not used, this is also the total number of capture groups. The third
-argument should point to an \fBuint32_t\fP variable.
+argument should point to a \fBuint32_t\fP variable.
.sp
PCRE2_INFO_DEPTHLIMIT
.sp
@@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@
PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTCODETYPE
.sp
Return information about the first code unit of any matched string, for a
-non-anchored pattern. The third argument should point to an \fBuint32_t\fP
+non-anchored pattern. The third argument should point to a \fBuint32_t\fP
variable. If there is a fixed first value, for example, the letter "c" from a
pattern such as (cat|cow|coyote), 1 is returned, and the value can be retrieved
using PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTCODEUNIT. If there is no fixed first value, but it is
@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@
.sp
Return the value of the first code unit of any matched string for a pattern
where PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTCODETYPE returns 1; otherwise return 0. The third
-argument should point to an \fBuint32_t\fP variable. In the 8-bit library, the
+argument should point to a \fBuint32_t\fP variable. In the 8-bit library, the
value is always less than 256. In the 16-bit library the value can be up to
0xffff. In the 32-bit library in UTF-32 mode the value can be up to 0x10ffff,
and up to 0xffffffff when not using UTF-32 mode.
@@ -2148,12 +2148,12 @@
PCRE2_INFO_HASBACKSLASHC
.sp
Return 1 if the pattern contains any instances of \eC, otherwise 0. The third
-argument should point to an \fBuint32_t\fP variable.
+argument should point to a \fBuint32_t\fP variable.
.sp
PCRE2_INFO_HASCRORLF
.sp
Return 1 if the pattern contains any explicit matches for CR or LF characters,
-otherwise 0. The third argument should point to an \fBuint32_t\fP variable. An
+otherwise 0. The third argument should point to a \fBuint32_t\fP variable. An
explicit match is either a literal CR or LF character, or \er or \en or one of
the equivalent hexadecimal or octal escape sequences.
.sp
@@ -2169,7 +2169,7 @@
PCRE2_INFO_JCHANGED
.sp
Return 1 if the (?J) or (?-J) option setting is used in the pattern, otherwise
-0. The third argument should point to an \fBuint32_t\fP variable. (?J) and
+0. The third argument should point to a \fBuint32_t\fP variable. (?J) and
(?-J) set and unset the local PCRE2_DUPNAMES option, respectively.
.sp
PCRE2_INFO_JITSIZE
@@ -2181,7 +2181,7 @@
PCRE2_INFO_LASTCODETYPE
.sp
Returns 1 if there is a rightmost literal code unit that must exist in any
-matched string, other than at its start. The third argument should point to an
+matched string, other than at its start. The third argument should point to a
\fBuint32_t\fP variable. If there is no such value, 0 is returned. When 1 is
returned, the code unit value itself can be retrieved using
PCRE2_INFO_LASTCODEUNIT. For anchored patterns, a last literal value is
@@ -2194,12 +2194,12 @@
Return the value of the rightmost literal code unit that must exist in any
matched string, other than at its start, for a pattern where
PCRE2_INFO_LASTCODETYPE returns 1. Otherwise, return 0. The third argument
-should point to an \fBuint32_t\fP variable.
+should point to a \fBuint32_t\fP variable.
.sp
PCRE2_INFO_MATCHEMPTY
.sp
Return 1 if the pattern might match an empty string, otherwise 0. The third
-argument should point to an \fBuint32_t\fP variable. When a pattern contains
+argument should point to a \fBuint32_t\fP variable. When a pattern contains
recursive subroutine calls it is not always possible to determine whether or
not it can match an empty string. PCRE2 takes a cautious approach and returns 1
in such cases.
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@
returned. Otherwise the returned value is 0. This value is not computed when
PCRE2_NO_START_OPTIMIZE is set. The value is a number of characters, which in
UTF mode may be different from the number of code units. The third argument
-should point to an \fBuint32_t\fP variable. The value is a lower bound to the
+should point to a \fBuint32_t\fP variable. The value is a lower bound to the
length of any matching string. There may not be any strings of that length that
do actually match, but every string that does match is at least that long.
.sp
@@ -3862,6 +3862,6 @@
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 20 July 2019
+Last updated: 22 July 2019
Copyright (c) 1997-2019 University of Cambridge.
.fi
