Implement REG_PEND (GNU extension) for the POSIX wrapper.

git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre2/code/trunk@820 6239d852-aaf2-0410-a92c-79f79f948069

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/html/pcre2test.html b/doc/html/pcre2test.html
index 58312c0..3fbc8c5 100644
--- a/doc/html/pcre2test.html
+++ b/doc/html/pcre2test.html
@@ -1078,6 +1078,19 @@ are <b>notbol</b>, <b>notempty</b>, and <b>noteol</b>, causing REG_NOTBOL,
 REG_NOTEMPTY, and REG_NOTEOL, respectively, to be passed to <b>regexec()</b>.
 The other modifiers are ignored, with a warning message.
 </P>
+<P>
+There is one additional modifier that can be used with the POSIX wrapper. It is 
+ignored (with a warning) if used for non-POSIX matching.
+<pre>
+      posix_startend=&#60;n&#62;[:&#60;m&#62;] 
+</pre>
+This causes the subject string to be passed to <b>regexec()</b> using the
+REG_STARTEND option, which uses offsets to restrict which part of the string is
+searched. If only one number is given, the end offset is passed as the end of
+the subject string. For more detail of REG_STARTEND, see the
+<a href="pcre2posix.html"><b>pcre2posix</b></a>
+documentation. 
+</P>
 <br><b>
 Setting match controls
 </b><br>
@@ -1817,7 +1830,7 @@ Cambridge, England.
 </P>
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-Last updated: 01 June 2017
+Last updated: 03 June 2017
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