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diff --git a/doc/pcrepattern.3 b/doc/pcrepattern.3 index c221682..97df217 100644 --- a/doc/pcrepattern.3 +++ b/doc/pcrepattern.3 @@ -2167,11 +2167,11 @@ numbering the capturing subpatterns in the whole pattern. However, substring capturing is carried out only for positive assertions. (Perl sometimes, but not always, does do capturing in negative assertions.) .P -WARNING: If a positive assertion containing one or more capturing subpatterns -succeeds, but failure to match later in the pattern causes backtracking over -this assertion, the captures within the assertion are reset only if no higher -numbered captures are already set. This is, unfortunately, a fundamental -limitation of the current implementation, and as PCRE1 is now in +WARNING: If a positive assertion containing one or more capturing subpatterns +succeeds, but failure to match later in the pattern causes backtracking over +this assertion, the captures within the assertion are reset only if no higher +numbered captures are already set. This is, unfortunately, a fundamental +limitation of the current implementation, and as PCRE1 is now in maintenance-only status, it is unlikely ever to change. .P For compatibility with Perl, assertion subpatterns may be repeated; though |