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diff --git a/srclib/pcre/doc/pcreposix.3 b/srclib/pcre/doc/pcreposix.3 index 1be5d9ac6f..41716ead91 100644 --- a/srclib/pcre/doc/pcreposix.3 +++ b/srclib/pcre/doc/pcreposix.3 @@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ to the native function. The PCRE_MULTILINE option is set when the expression is passed for compilation to the native function. +In the absence of these flags, no options are passed to the native function. +This means the the regex is compiled with PCRE default semantics. In +particular, the way it handles newline characters in the subject string is the +Perl way, not the POSIX way. Note that setting PCRE_MULTILINE has only +\fIsome\fR of the effects specified for REG_NEWLINE. It does not affect the way +newlines are matched by . (they aren't) or a negative class such as [^a] (they +are). + The yield of \fBregcomp()\fR is zero on success, and non-zero otherwise. The \fIpreg\fR structure is filled in on success, and one member of the structure is publicized: \fIre_nsub\fR contains the number of capturing subpatterns in @@ -138,4 +146,4 @@ Cambridge CB2 3QG, England. .br Phone: +44 1223 334714 -Copyright (c) 1997-1999 University of Cambridge. +Copyright (c) 1997-2000 University of Cambridge. |