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authorph10 <ph10@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15>2011-11-30 18:10:27 +0000
committerph10 <ph10@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15>2011-11-30 18:10:27 +0000
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Expand compile workspace for very many forward references. This ups the limit
by a factor of 100. git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/trunk@773 2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15
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@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ All values in repeating quantifiers must be less than 65536.
There is no limit to the number of parenthesized subpatterns, but there can be
no more than 65535 capturing subpatterns.
.P
+There is a limit to the number of forward references to subsequent subpatterns
+of around 200,000. Repeated forward references with fixed upper limits, for
+example, (?2){0,100} when subpattern number 2 is to the right, are included in
+the count. There is no limit to the number of backward references.
+.P
The maximum length of name for a named subpattern is 32 characters, and the
maximum number of named subpatterns is 10000.
.P
@@ -52,6 +57,6 @@ Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
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.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 24 August 2011
+Last updated: 30 November 2011
Copyright (c) 1997-2011 University of Cambridge.
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