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authorph10 <ph10@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15>2011-07-23 15:37:07 +0000
committerph10 <ph10@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15>2011-07-23 15:37:07 +0000
commit89ac96b99692195da6bd41f345baaa4554334c62 (patch)
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downloadpcre-89ac96b99692195da6bd41f345baaa4554334c62.tar.gz
Better documentation patch.
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@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ terminated by zero. The escape sequence \e0 can be used in the pattern to
represent a binary zero.
.P
5. The following Perl escape sequences are not supported: \el, \eu, \eL,
-and \eU. In fact these are implemented by Perl's general string-handling and
-are not part of its pattern matching engine. If any of these are encountered by
-PCRE, an error is generated.
+\eU, and \eN when followed by a character name or Unicode value. (\eN on its
+own, matching a non-newline character, is supported.) In fact these are
+implemented by Perl's general string-handling and are not part of its pattern
+matching engine. If any of these are encountered by PCRE, an error is
+generated.
.P
6. The Perl escape sequences \ep, \eP, and \eX are supported only if PCRE is
built with Unicode character property support. The properties that can be