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authorph10 <ph10@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15>2008-04-20 17:10:13 +0000
committerph10 <ph10@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15>2008-04-20 17:10:13 +0000
commit83ba2e28b44dd516ba5e7734a2f9972482a9214c (patch)
tree0ba1bda6db5b8852aa708d489c3eab201c450ba0 /HACKING
parentc66bac83039352a3a193c9db0b156fe8faa71296 (diff)
downloadpcre-83ba2e28b44dd516ba5e7734a2f9972482a9214c.tar.gz
Slight performance improvement by using the new OP_ALLANY opcode for cases of
the metacharacter "." when DOTALL is set. Also, some tidies consequent upon its invention. git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/trunk@342 2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15
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@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ Opcodes with no following data
These items are all just one byte long
OP_END end of pattern
- OP_ANY match any character
+ OP_ANY match any one character other than newline
+ OP_ALLANY match any one character, including newline
OP_ANYBYTE match any single byte, even in UTF-8 mode
OP_SOD match start of data: \A
OP_SOM, start of match (subject + offset): \G