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diff --git a/pcre/doc/html/pcre.html b/pcre/doc/html/pcre.html index c2b29aa8121..c87b1066427 100644 --- a/pcre/doc/html/pcre.html +++ b/pcre/doc/html/pcre.html @@ -13,13 +13,24 @@ from the original man page. If there is any nonsense in it, please consult the man page, in case the conversion went wrong. <br> <ul> -<li><a name="TOC1" href="#SEC1">INTRODUCTION</a> -<li><a name="TOC2" href="#SEC2">SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS</a> -<li><a name="TOC3" href="#SEC3">USER DOCUMENTATION</a> -<li><a name="TOC4" href="#SEC4">AUTHOR</a> -<li><a name="TOC5" href="#SEC5">REVISION</a> +<li><a name="TOC1" href="#SEC1">PLEASE TAKE NOTE</a> +<li><a name="TOC2" href="#SEC2">INTRODUCTION</a> +<li><a name="TOC3" href="#SEC3">SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS</a> +<li><a name="TOC4" href="#SEC4">USER DOCUMENTATION</a> +<li><a name="TOC5" href="#SEC5">AUTHOR</a> +<li><a name="TOC6" href="#SEC6">REVISION</a> </ul> -<br><a name="SEC1" href="#TOC1">INTRODUCTION</a><br> +<br><a name="SEC1" href="#TOC1">PLEASE TAKE NOTE</a><br> +<P> +This document relates to PCRE releases that use the original API, +with library names libpcre, libpcre16, and libpcre32. January 2015 saw the +first release of a new API, known as PCRE2, with release numbers starting at +10.00 and library names libpcre2-8, libpcre2-16, and libpcre2-32. The old +libraries (now called PCRE1) are still being maintained for bug fixes, but +there will be no new development. New projects are advised to use the new PCRE2 +libraries. +</P> +<br><a name="SEC2" href="#TOC1">INTRODUCTION</a><br> <P> The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl, with just a few @@ -115,7 +126,7 @@ clashes. In some environments, it is possible to control which external symbols are exported when a shared library is built, and in these cases the undocumented symbols are not exported. </P> -<br><a name="SEC2" href="#TOC1">SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS</a><br> +<br><a name="SEC3" href="#TOC1">SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS</a><br> <P> If you are using PCRE in a non-UTF application that permits users to supply arbitrary patterns for compilation, you should be aware of a feature that @@ -149,7 +160,7 @@ against this: see the PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT feature in the <a href="pcreapi.html"><b>pcreapi</b></a> page. </P> -<br><a name="SEC3" href="#TOC1">USER DOCUMENTATION</a><br> +<br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">USER DOCUMENTATION</a><br> <P> The user documentation for PCRE comprises a number of different sections. In the "man" format, each of these is a separate "man page". In the HTML format, @@ -188,7 +199,7 @@ follows: In the "man" and HTML formats, there is also a short page for each C library function, listing its arguments and results. </P> -<br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">AUTHOR</a><br> +<br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">AUTHOR</a><br> <P> Philip Hazel <br> @@ -202,11 +213,11 @@ Putting an actual email address here seems to have been a spam magnet, so I've taken it away. If you want to email me, use my two initials, followed by the two digits 10, at the domain cam.ac.uk. </P> -<br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br> +<br><a name="SEC6" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br> <P> -Last updated: 08 January 2014 +Last updated: 10 February 2015 <br> -Copyright © 1997-2014 University of Cambridge. +Copyright © 1997-2015 University of Cambridge. <br> <p> Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>. |