Documentation update.

git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/trunk@776 2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/doc/pcreapi.3 b/doc/pcreapi.3
index da05d05..22b9d15 100644
--- a/doc/pcreapi.3
+++ b/doc/pcreapi.3
@@ -1262,10 +1262,13 @@ For such patterns, the PCRE_ANCHORED bit is set in the options returned by
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   PCRE_INFO_SIZE
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-Return the size of the compiled pattern, that is, the value that was passed as
-the argument to \fBpcre_malloc()\fP when PCRE was getting memory in which to
-place the compiled data. The fourth argument should point to a \fBsize_t\fP
-variable.
+Return the size of the compiled pattern. The fourth argument should point to a
+\fBsize_t\fP variable. This value does not include the size of the \fBpcre\fP
+structure that is returned by \fBpcre_compile()\fP. The value that is passed as
+the argument to \fBpcre_malloc()\fP when \fBpcre_compile()\fP is getting memory
+in which to place the compiled data is the value returned by this option plus
+the size of the \fBpcre\fP structure. Studying a compiled pattern, with or
+without JIT, does not alter the value returned by this option.
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   PCRE_INFO_STUDYSIZE
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@@ -2544,6 +2547,6 @@ Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
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-Last updated: 14 November 2011
+Last updated: 01 December 2011
 Copyright (c) 1997-2011 University of Cambridge.
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