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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PCRE2PATTERN 3 "05 October 2020" "PCRE2 10.35"
+.TH PCRE2PATTERN 3 "06 October 2020" "PCRE2 10.35"
.SH NAME
PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
.SH "PCRE2 REGULAR EXPRESSION DETAILS"
@@ -1168,8 +1168,9 @@ For example, when the pattern
.sp
matches "foobar", the first substring is still set to "foo".
.P
-Perl documents that the use of \eK within assertions is "not well defined". In
-PCRE2, \eK is acted upon when it occurs inside positive assertions, but is
+Perl used to document that the use of \eK within lookaround assertions is "not
+well defined", but from version 5.32.0 Perl does not support this usage at all.
+In PCRE2, \eK is acted upon when it occurs inside positive assertions, but is
ignored in negative assertions. Note that when a pattern such as (?=ab\eK)
matches, the reported start of the match can be greater than the end of the
match. Using \eK in a lookbehind assertion at the start of a pattern can also
@@ -3897,6 +3898,6 @@ Cambridge, England.
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 05 October 2020
+Last updated: 06 October 2020
Copyright (c) 1997-2020 University of Cambridge.
.fi