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@@ -1,6 +1,38 @@ News about PCRE releases ------------------------ +Release 6.0 07-Jun-05 +--------------------- + +The release number has been increased to 6.0 because of the addition of several +major new pieces of functionality. + +A new function, pcre_dfa_exec(), which implements pattern matching using a DFA +algorithm, has been added. This has a number of advantages for certain cases, +though it does run more slowly, and lacks the ability to capture substrings. On +the other hand, it does find all matches, not just the first, and it works +better for partial matching. The pcrematching man page discusses the +differences. + +The pcretest program has been enhanced so that it can make use of the new +pcre_dfa_exec() matching function and the extra features it provides. + +The distribution now includes a C++ wrapper library. This is built +automatically if a C++ compiler is found. The pcrecpp man page discusses this +interface. + +The code itself has been re-organized into many more files, one for each +function, so it no longer requires everything to be linked in when static +linkage is used. As a consequence, some internal functions have had to have +their names exposed. These functions all have names starting with _pcre_. They +are undocumented, and are not intended for use by outside callers. + +The pcregrep program has been enhanced with new functionality such as +multiline-matching and options for output more matching context. See the +ChangeLog for a complete list of changes to the library and the utility +programs. + + Release 5.0 13-Sep-04 --------------------- |