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diff --git a/doc/html/pcre2posix.html b/doc/html/pcre2posix.html index 20a2009..c54860f 100644 --- a/doc/html/pcre2posix.html +++ b/doc/html/pcre2posix.html @@ -68,11 +68,14 @@ application. Because the POSIX functions call the native ones, it is also necessary to add <b>-lpcre2-8</b>. </P> <P> -Although they are not defined as protypes in <b>pcre2posix.h</b>, the library -does contain functions with the POSIX names <b>regcomp()</b> etc. These simply -pass their arguments to the PCRE2 functions. These functions are provided for -backwards compatibility with earlier versions of PCRE2, so that existing -programs do not have to be recompiled. +Although they were not defined as protypes in <b>pcre2posix.h</b>, releases +10.33 to 10.36 of the library contained functions with the POSIX names +<b>regcomp()</b> etc. These simply passed their arguments to the PCRE2 +functions. These functions were provided for backwards compatibility with +earlier versions of PCRE2, which had only POSIX names. However, this has proved +troublesome in situations where a program links with several libraries, some of +which use PCRE2's POSIX interface while others use the real POSIX functions. +For this reason, the POSIX names have been removed since release 10.37. </P> <P> Calling the header file <b>pcre2posix.h</b> avoids any conflict with other POSIX @@ -344,9 +347,9 @@ Cambridge, England. </P> <br><a name="SEC10" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br> <P> -Last updated: 30 January 2019 +Last updated: 26 April 2021 <br> -Copyright © 1997-2019 University of Cambridge. +Copyright © 1997-2021 University of Cambridge. <br> <p> Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>. |