Recent Releases
10.3905 Nov 2021 03:16
minor bugfix:
This release is happening soon after 10.38 because the is important.
1. incorrect detection of alternatives in first character search in JIT.
2. Update to Unicode 14.0.0.
3. Some code cleanups (see ChangeLog).
10.3727 May 2021 10:45
minor bugfix:
A few more and tidies. The only change of real note is the removal of
The actual POSIX names regcomp etc. from the POSIX wrapper library because
These have caused for some applications (see 10.33 #2 below).
10.3605 Dec 2020 03:16
minor bugfix:
Again, mainly and tidies. The only enhancements are the addition of
GNU grep's -m (aka --max-count) option to pcre2grep, and also unifying the
Handling of substitution strings for both -O and callouts in pcre2grep, with
The addition of x ... and o ... to allow for characters whose code points
Are greater than 255 in Unicode mode.
NOTE: there is an outstanding with JIT support for MacOS on arm64.
Hardware. For details, please see zilla.
10.3512 May 2020 01:05
minor feature:
tidies, and a few new enhancements.
1. Capturing groups that contain recursive backreferences to themselves are no.
Longer automatically atomic, because the restriction is no longer necessary
as a result of the 10.30 restructuring.
2. Several new options for pcre2_substitute().
3. When Unicode is supported and PCRE2_UCP is set without PCRE2_UTF, Unicode.
Character properties are used for upper/lower case computations on characters
Whose code points are greater than 127.
4. The character tables (for low-valued characters) can now more easily be.
Saved and restored in binary.
5. Updated to Unicode 13.0.0.
10.3422 Nov 2019 10:45
minor feature:
Another release with a few enhancements as well as and tidies. The
Main new features are:
1. There is now some support for matching in invalid UTF strings.
2. Non-atomic positive lookarounds are implemented in the pcre2_match().
Interpreter, but not in JIT.
3. Added two new functions: pcre2_get_match_data_size() and.
Pcre2_maketables_free().
4. Upgraded to Unicode 12.1.0.
10.33-RC117 Apr 2019 10:25
minor feature:
Yet more, tidies, and a few enhancements, summarized here (see
ChangeLog for the full list):
1. Callouts from pcre2_substitute() are now available.
2. The POSIX functions are now all called pcre2_regcomp() etc., with wrapper.
Functions that use the standard POSIX names. However, in pcre2posix.h the POSIX
Names are defined as macros. This should help avoid linking with the wrong
Library in some environments, while still exporting the POSIX names for
Pre-existing programs that use them.
3. Some new options:
(a) PCRE2_EXTRA_ESCAPED_CR_IS_LF makes r behave as n.
(b) PCRE2_EXTRA_ALT_BSUX enables support for ECMAScript 6's u hh... .
Construct.
(c) PCRE2_COPY_MATCHED_SUBJECT causes a copy of a matched subject to be.
Made, instead of just remembering a pointer.
4. Some new Perl features:
(a) Perl 5.28's experimental alphabetic names for atomic groups and.
Lookaround assertions, for example, (*pla:.) and (*atomic:.).
(b) The new Perl "script run" features (*script_run:.) and.
(*atomic_script_run:.) aka (*sr:.) and (*asr:.).
(c) When PCRE2_UTF is set, allow non-ASCII letters and decimal digits in.
Capture group names.
5. --disable-percent-zt disables the use of zu and td in formatting strings.
in pcre2test. They were already automatically disabled for VC and older C
Compilers.
6. Some changes related to callouts in pcre2grep:
(a) Support for running an external program under VMS has been added, in.
Addition to Windows and fork() support.
(b) --disable-pcre2grep-callout-fork restricts the callout support in
to the inbuilt echo facility.
10.3212 Sep 2018 03:15
minor feature:
This is another mainly and tidying release with a few minor
Enhancements. These are the main ones:
1. pcre2grep now supports the inclusion of binary zeros in patterns that are.
Read from files via the -f option.
2../configure now supports --enable-jit=auto, which automatically enables JIT.
if the hardware supports it.
3. In pcre2_dfa_match(), internal recursive calls no longer use the stack for.
Local workspace and local ovectors. Instead, an initial block of stack is
Reserved, but if this is insufficient, heap memory is used. The heap limit
Parameter now applies to pcre2_dfa_match().
4. Updated to Unicode version 11.0.0.
5. (*ACCEPT:ARG), (*FAIL:ARG), and (*COMMIT:ARG) are now supported.
6. Added support for N U+dddd , but only in Unicode mode.
7. Added support for (? ) to unset all imnsx options.
10.3116 Feb 2018 15:45
minor feature:
This is mainly a and tidying release (see ChangeLog for full details).
However, there are some minor enhancements.
1. New pcre2_config() options: PCRE2_CONFIG_NEVER_BACKSLASH_C and.
PCRE2_CONFIG_COMPILED_WIDTHS.
2. New pcre2_pattern_info() option PCRE2_INFO_EXTRAOPTIONS to retrieve the.
extra compile time options.
3. There are now public names for all the pcre2_compile() error numbers.
4. Added PCRE2_CALLOUT_STARTMATCH and PCRE2_CALLOUT_BACKTRACK bits to a new.
field callout_flags in callout blocks.
10.3016 Aug 2017 17:45
minor feature:
The full list of changes that includes and tidies is, as always, in
ChangeLog. These are the most important new features:
1. The main interpreter, pcre2_match(), has been refactored into a new version.
That does not use recursive function calls (and therefore the system stack) for
Remembering backtracking positions. This makes --disable-stack-for-recursion a
NOOP. The new implementation allows backtracking into recursive group calls in
Patterns, making it more compatible with Perl, and also some other
Previously hard-to-do. For patterns that have a lot of backtracking, the
Heap is now used, and there is explicit limit on the amount, settable by
Pcre2_set_heap_limit() or (*LIMIT_HEAP=xxx). The "recursion limit" is retained,
But is renamed as "depth limit" (though the old names remain for
Compatibility).
There is also a change in the way callouts from pcre2_match() are handled. The.
Offset_vector field in the callout block is no longer a pointer to the
Actual ovector that was passed to the matching function in the match data
Block. Instead it points to an internal ovector of a size large enough to hold
All possible captured substrings in the pattern.
2. The new option PCRE2_ENDANCHORED insists that a pattern match must end at.
The end of the subject.
3. The new option PCRE2_EXTENDED_MORE implements Perl's /xx feature, and.
Pcre2test is upgraded to support it. Setting within the pattern by (?xx) is
Also supported.
4. (?n) can be used to set PCRE2_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE, because Perl now has this.
5. Additional compile options in the compile context are now available, and the.
First two are: PCRE2_EXTRA_ALLOW_SURROGATE_ESCAPES and
PCRE2_EXTRA_BAD_ESCAPE_IS LITERAL.
6. The newline type PCRE2_NEWLINE_NUL is now available.
7. The match limit value now also applies to pcre2_dfa_match() as there are.
Patterns that can use up a lot of resources without necessarily recursing very
Deeply.
8. The option REG_PEND (a GNU extension) is now available for the POSIX.
Wrappe
10.2315 Feb 2017 03:45
major bugfix:
1. ChangeLog has the details of a lot of and tidies.
2. There has been a major re-factoring of the pcre2_compile.c file. Most syntax.
Checking is now done in the pre-pass that identifies capturing groups. This has
Reduced the amount of duplication and made the code tidier. While doing this,
Some minor and Perl incompatibilities were (see ChangeLog for
Details.)
3. Back references are now permitted in lookbehind assertions when there are.
no duplicated group numbers (that is, (? has not been used), and, if the
Reference is by name, there is only one group of that name. The referenced
Group must, of course be of length.
4. g + (e.g. g +2 ) is now supported. It is a "forward back.
Reference" and can be useful in repetitions (compare g - ). Perl does
Not recognize this syntax.
5. pcre2grep now automatically expands its buffer up to a maximum set by.
--max-buffer-size.
6. The -t option (grand total) has been added to pcre2grep.
7. A new function called pcre2_code_copy_with_tables() exists to copy a.
Compiled pattern along with a private copy of the character tables that is
Uses.
8. A user supplied a number of patches to upgrade pcre2grep under Windows and.
Tidy the code.
9. Several updates have been made to pcre2test and test scripts (see.
ChangeLog).
10.2231 Jul 2016 20:45
minor feature:
1. ChangeLog has the details of a number of.
2. The POSIX wrapper function regcomp() did not used to support back references.
And subroutine calls if called with the REG_NOSUB option. It now does.
3. A new function, pcre2_code_copy(), is added, to make a copy of a compiled.
Pattern.
4. Support for string callouts is added to pcre2grep.
5. Added the PCRE2_NO_JIT option to pcre2_match().
6. The pcre2_get_error_message() function now returns with a negative error.
Code if the error number it is given is unknown.
7. Several updates have been made to pcre2test and test scripts (see.
ChangeLog).
10.2114 Jan 2016 00:45
minor feature:
1. Many have been. A large number of them were provoked only by very
Strange pattern input, and were discovered by fuzzers. Some others were
Discovered by code auditing. See ChangeLog for details.
2. The Unicode tables have been updated to Unicode version 8.0.0.
3. For Perl compatibility in EBCDIC environments, ranges such as a-z in a.
Class, where both values are literal letters in the same case, omit the
Non-letter EBCDIC code points within the range.
4. There have been a number of enhancements to the pcre2_substitute() function.
Giving more flexibility to replacement facilities. It is now also possible to
Cause the function to return the needed buffer size if the one given is too
Small.
5. The PCRE2_ALT_VERBNAMES option causes the "name" parts of special verbs such.
as (*THEN:name) to be processed for backslashes and to take note of
PCRE2_EXTENDED.
6. PCRE2_INFO_HASBACKSLASHC makes it possible for a client to find out if a.
Pattern uses C, and --never-backslash-C makes it possible to compile a version
PCRE2 in which the use of C is always forbidden.
7. A limit to the length of pattern that can be handled can now be set by.
Calling pcre2_set_max_pattern_length().
8. When matching an unanchored pattern, a match can be required to begin within.
a given number of code units after the start of the subject by calling
Pcre2_set_offset_limit().
9. The pcre2test program has been extended to test new facilities, and it can.
Now run the tests when LF on its own is not a valid newline sequence.
10. The RunTest script has also been updated to enable more tests to be run.
11. There have been some minor performance enhancements.
10.2003 Jul 2015 18:45
minor feature:
1. Callouts with string arguments and the pcre2_callout_enumerate() function
have been implemented.
2. The PCRE2_NEVER_BACKSLASH_C option, which locks out the use of C, is added.
3. The PCRE2_ALT_CIRCUMFLEX option lets match after a newline at the end of a
subject in multiline mode.
4. The way named subpatterns are handled has been refactored. The previous
approach had several bugs.
5. The handling of c in EBCDIC environments has been changed to conform to the
perlebcdic document. This is an incompatible change.
6. Bugs have been mended, many of them discovered by fuzzers.
10.1029 Apr 2015 05:05
minor bugfix:
1. Serialization and de-serialization functions have been added to the API,
making it possible to save and restore sets of compiled patterns, though
restoration must be done in the same environment that was used for
compilation.
2. The (*NO_JIT) feature has been added; this makes it possible for a
pattern creator to specify that JIT is not to be used.
3. A number of bugs have been fixed. In particular, bugs that caused
building on Windows using CMake to fail have been mended.
8.3716 Apr 2015 23:05
minor bugfix:
This is bug-fix release. Note that this library (now called PCRE1) is now being
maintained for bug fixes only. New projects are advised to use the new PCRE2
libraries.
10.0005 Jan 2015 00:00
minor bugfix:
Version 10.00 is the first release of PCRE2, a revised API for the PCRE
library. Changes prior to 10.00 are logged in the ChangeLog file for the old
API, up to item 20 for release 8.36. New programs are recommended to use the
new library. Programs that use the original (PCRE1) API will need changing
before linking with the new library.
8.3627 Sep 2014 14:11
minor bugfix:
This is primarily a bug-fix release. However, in addition, the Unicode data tables have been updated to Unicode 7.0.0.
8.3513 Jul 2014 18:22
minor feature:
There have been performance improvements for classes containing non-ASCII
characters and the "auto-possessification" feature has been extended. Other
minor improvements have been implemented and bugs fixed. There is a new callout
feature to enable applications to do detailed stack checks at compile time, to
avoid running out of stack for deeply nested parentheses. The JIT compiler has
been extended with experimental support for ARM-64, MIPS-64, and PPC-LE.
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