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diff --git a/doc/pcreperform.3 b/doc/pcreperform.3 index 999268e..82e454c 100644 --- a/doc/pcreperform.3 +++ b/doc/pcreperform.3 @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ this, PCRE has to retry the match starting after every newline in the subject. .P If you are using such a pattern with subject strings that do not contain newlines, the best performance is obtained by setting PCRE_DOTALL, or starting -the pattern with ^.* to indicate explicit anchoring. That saves PCRE from -having to scan along the subject looking for a newline to restart at. +the pattern with ^.* or ^.*? to indicate explicit anchoring. That saves PCRE +from having to scan along the subject looking for a newline to restart at. .P Beware of patterns that contain nested indefinite repeats. These can take a long time to run when applied to a string that does not match. Consider the @@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ In many cases, the solution to this kind of performance issue is to use an atomic group or a possessive quantifier. .P .in 0 -Last updated: 09 September 2004 +Last updated: 28 February 2005 .br -Copyright (c) 1997-2004 University of Cambridge. +Copyright (c) 1997-2005 University of Cambridge. |