Revision: 1275
http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre2?view=rev&revision=1275
Author: ph10
Date: 2020-10-05 17:52:39 +0100 (Mon, 05 Oct 2020)
Log Message:
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Documentation update.
Modified Paths:
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code/trunk/doc/pcre2api.3
code/trunk/doc/pcre2pattern.3
Modified: code/trunk/doc/pcre2api.3
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--- code/trunk/doc/pcre2api.3 2020-10-04 16:34:31 UTC (rev 1274)
+++ code/trunk/doc/pcre2api.3 2020-10-05 16:52:39 UTC (rev 1275)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PCRE2API 3 "19 March 2020" "PCRE2 10.35"
+.TH PCRE2API 3 "05 October 2020" "PCRE2 10.36"
.SH NAME
PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
.sp
@@ -1434,10 +1434,13 @@
changed within a pattern by a (?i) option setting. If either PCRE2_UTF or
PCRE2_UCP is set, Unicode properties are used for all characters with more than
one other case, and for all characters whose code points are greater than
-U+007F. For lower valued characters with only one other case, a lookup table is
-used for speed. When neither PCRE2_UTF nor PCRE2_UCP is set, a lookup table is
-used for all code points less than 256, and higher code points (available only
-in 16-bit or 32-bit mode) are treated as not having another case.
+U+007F. Note that there are two ASCII characters, K and S, that, in addition to
+their lower case ASCII equivalents, are case-equivalent with U+212A (Kelvin
+sign) and U+017F (long S) respectively. For lower valued characters with only
+one other case, a lookup table is used for speed. When neither PCRE2_UTF nor
+PCRE2_UCP is set, a lookup table is used for all code points less than 256, and
+higher code points (available only in 16-bit or 32-bit mode) are treated as not
+having another case.
.sp
PCRE2_DOLLAR_ENDONLY
.sp
@@ -3968,6 +3971,6 @@
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 19 March 2020
+Last updated: 05 October 2020
Copyright (c) 1997-2020 University of Cambridge.
.fi
Modified: code/trunk/doc/pcre2pattern.3
===================================================================
--- code/trunk/doc/pcre2pattern.3 2020-10-04 16:34:31 UTC (rev 1274)
+++ code/trunk/doc/pcre2pattern.3 2020-10-05 16:52:39 UTC (rev 1275)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PCRE2PATTERN 3 "24 February 2020" "PCRE2 10.35"
+.TH PCRE2PATTERN 3 "05 October 2020" "PCRE2 10.35"
.SH NAME
PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
.SH "PCRE2 REGULAR EXPRESSION DETAILS"
@@ -263,8 +263,11 @@
The quick brown fox
.sp
matches a portion of a subject string that is identical to itself. When
-caseless matching is specified (the PCRE2_CASELESS option), letters are matched
-independently of case.
+caseless matching is specified (the PCRE2_CASELESS option or (?i) within the
+pattern), letters are matched independently of case. Note that there are two
+ASCII characters, K and S, that, in addition to their lower case ASCII
+equivalents, are case-equivalent with Unicode U+212A (Kelvin sign) and U+017F
+(long S) respectively when either PCRE2_UTF or PCRE2_UCP is set.
.P
The power of regular expressions comes from the ability to include wild cards,
character classes, alternatives, and repetitions in the pattern. These are
@@ -298,6 +301,22 @@
[ POSIX character class (if followed by POSIX syntax)
] terminates the character class
.sp
+If a pattern is compiled with the PCRE2_EXTENDED option, most white space in
+the pattern, other than in a character class, and characters between a #
+outside a character class and the next newline, inclusive, are ignored. An
+escaping backslash can be used to include a white space or a # character as
+part of the pattern. If the PCRE2_EXTENDED_MORE option is set, the same
+applies, but in addition unescaped space and horizontal tab characters are
+ignored inside a character class. Note: only these two characters are ignored,
+not the full set of pattern white space characters that are ignored outside a
+character class. Option settings can be changed within a pattern; see the
+section entitled
+.\" HTML <a href="#internaloptions">
+.\" </a>
+"Internal Option Setting"
+.\"
+below.
+.P
The following sections describe the use of each of the metacharacters.
.
.
@@ -315,16 +334,10 @@
precede a non-alphanumeric with backslash to specify that it stands for itself.
In particular, if you want to match a backslash, you write \e\e.
.P
-In a UTF mode, only ASCII digits and letters have any special meaning after a
-backslash. All other characters (in particular, those whose code points are
-greater than 127) are treated as literals.
+Only ASCII digits and letters have any special meaning after a backslash. All
+other characters (in particular, those whose code points are greater than 127)
+are treated as literals.
.P
-If a pattern is compiled with the PCRE2_EXTENDED option, most white space in
-the pattern (other than in a character class), and characters between a #
-outside a character class and the next newline, inclusive, are ignored. An
-escaping backslash can be used to include a white space or # character as part
-of the pattern.
-.P
If you want to treat all characters in a sequence as literals, you can do so by
putting them between \eQ and \eE. This is different from Perl in that $ and @
are handled as literals in \eQ...\eE sequences in PCRE2, whereas in Perl, $ and
@@ -1436,7 +1449,10 @@
\eN{U+hh..} in the usual way. When caseless matching is set, any letters in a
class represent both their upper case and lower case versions, so for example,
a caseless [aeiou] matches "A" as well as "a", and a caseless [^aeiou] does not
-match "A", whereas a caseful version would.
+match "A", whereas a caseful version would. Note that there are two ASCII
+characters, K and S, that, in addition to their lower case ASCII equivalents,
+are case-equivalent with Unicode U+212A (Kelvin sign) and U+017F (long S)
+respectively when either PCRE2_UTF or PCRE2_UCP is set.
.P
Characters that might indicate line breaks are never treated in any special way
when matching character classes, whatever line-ending sequence is in use, and
@@ -3881,6 +3897,6 @@
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 24 February 2020
+Last updated: 05 October 2020
Copyright (c) 1997-2020 University of Cambridge.
.fi
