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diff --git a/doc/html/README.txt b/doc/html/README.txt index cb4a065..1d6df8f 100644 --- a/doc/html/README.txt +++ b/doc/html/README.txt @@ -757,6 +757,15 @@ that represent character classes for code points less than 256. The final 8 decimal digit 16 alphanumeric or '_' +You can also specify -b (with or without -L) when running pcre2_dftables. This +causes the tables to be written in binary instead of as source code. A set of +binary tables can be loaded into memory by an application and passed to +pcre2_compile() in the same way as tables created dynamically by calling +pcre2_maketables(). The tables are just a string of bytes, independent of +hardware characteristics such as endianness. This means they can be bundled +with an application that runs in different environments, to ensure consistent +behaviour. + See also the pcre2build section "Creating character tables at build time". @@ -894,4 +903,4 @@ The distribution should contain the files listed below. Philip Hazel Email local part: Philip.Hazel Email domain: gmail.com -Last updated: 06 November 2020 +Last updated: 04 December 2020 |