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ChangeLog for PCRE |
ChangeLog for PCRE |
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Version 7.3 05-Jul-07 |
Version 7.4 10-Sep-07 |
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1. Change 7.3/28 was implemented for classes by looking at the bitmap. This |
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means that a class such as [\s] counted as "explicit reference to CR or |
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LF". That isn't really right - the whole point of the change was to try to |
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help when there was an actual mention of one of the two characters. So now |
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the change happens only if \r or \n (or a literal CR or LF) character is |
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encountered. |
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2. The 32-bit options word was also used for 6 internal flags, but the numbers |
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of both had grown to the point where there were only 3 bits left. |
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Fortunately, there was spare space in the data structure, and so I have |
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moved the internal flags into a new 16-bit field to free up more option |
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bits. |
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3. The appearance of (?J) at the start of a pattern set the DUPNAMES option, |
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but did not set the internal JCHANGED flag - either of these is enough to |
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control the way the "get" function works - but the PCRE_INFO_JCHANGED |
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facility is supposed to tell if (?J) was ever used, so now (?J) at the |
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start sets both bits. |
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4. Added options (at build time, compile time, exec time) to change \R from |
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matching any Unicode line ending sequence to just matching CR, LF, or CRLF. |
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Version 7.3 28-Aug-07 |
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1. In the rejigging of the build system that eventually resulted in 7.1, the |
1. In the rejigging of the build system that eventually resulted in 7.1, the |
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12. A pattern like \X?\d or \P{L}?\d in non-UTF-8 mode could cause a backtrack |
12. A pattern like \X?\d or \P{L}?\d in non-UTF-8 mode could cause a backtrack |
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past the start of the subject in the presence of bytes with the top bit |
past the start of the subject in the presence of bytes with the top bit |
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set, for example "\x8aBCD". |
set, for example "\x8aBCD". |
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13. Added Perl 5.10 experimental backtracking controls (*FAIL), (*F), (*PRUNE), |
13. Added Perl 5.10 experimental backtracking controls (*FAIL), (*F), (*PRUNE), |
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(*SKIP), (*THEN), (*COMMIT), and (*ACCEPT). |
(*SKIP), (*THEN), (*COMMIT), and (*ACCEPT). |
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14. Optimized (?!) to (*FAIL). |
14. Optimized (?!) to (*FAIL). |
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15. Updated the test for a valid UTF-8 string to conform to the later RFC 3629. |
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This restricts code points to be within the range 0 to 0x10FFFF, excluding |
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the "low surrogate" sequence 0xD800 to 0xDFFF. Previously, PCRE allowed the |
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full range 0 to 0x7FFFFFFF, as defined by RFC 2279. Internally, it still |
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does: it's just the validity check that is more restrictive. |
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16. Inserted checks for integer overflows during escape sequence (backslash) |
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processing, and also fixed erroneous offset values for syntax errors during |
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backslash processing. |
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17. Fixed another case of looking too far back in non-UTF-8 mode (cf 12 above) |
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for patterns like [\PPP\x8a]{1,}\x80 with the subject "A\x80". |
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18. An unterminated class in a pattern like (?1)\c[ with a "forward reference" |
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caused an overrun. |
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19. A pattern like (?:[\PPa*]*){8,} which had an "extended class" (one with |
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something other than just ASCII characters) inside a group that had an |
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unlimited repeat caused a loop at compile time (while checking to see |
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whether the group could match an empty string). |
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20. Debugging a pattern containing \p or \P could cause a crash. For example, |
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[\P{Any}] did so. (Error in the code for printing property names.) |
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21. An orphan \E inside a character class could cause a crash. |
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22. A repeated capturing bracket such as (A)? could cause a wild memory |
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reference during compilation. |
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23. There are several functions in pcre_compile() that scan along a compiled |
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expression for various reasons (e.g. to see if it's fixed length for look |
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behind). There were bugs in these functions when a repeated \p or \P was |
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present in the pattern. These operators have additional parameters compared |
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with \d, etc, and these were not being taken into account when moving along |
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the compiled data. Specifically: |
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(a) A item such as \p{Yi}{3} in a lookbehind was not treated as fixed |
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length. |
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(b) An item such as \pL+ within a repeated group could cause crashes or |
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loops. |
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(c) A pattern such as \p{Yi}+(\P{Yi}+)(?1) could give an incorrect |
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"reference to non-existent subpattern" error. |
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(d) A pattern like (\P{Yi}{2}\277)? could loop at compile time. |
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24. A repeated \S or \W in UTF-8 mode could give wrong answers when multibyte |
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characters were involved (for example /\S{2}/8g with "A\x{a3}BC"). |
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25. Using pcregrep in multiline, inverted mode (-Mv) caused it to loop. |
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26. Patterns such as [\P{Yi}A] which include \p or \P and just one other |
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character were causing crashes (broken optimization). |
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27. Patterns such as (\P{Yi}*\277)* (group with possible zero repeat containing |
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\p or \P) caused a compile-time loop. |
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28. More problems have arisen in unanchored patterns when CRLF is a valid line |
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break. For example, the unstudied pattern [\r\n]A does not match the string |
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"\r\nA" because change 7.0/46 below moves the current point on by two |
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characters after failing to match at the start. However, the pattern \nA |
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*does* match, because it doesn't start till \n, and if [\r\n]A is studied, |
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the same is true. There doesn't seem any very clean way out of this, but |
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what I have chosen to do makes the common cases work: PCRE now takes note |
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of whether there can be an explicit match for \r or \n anywhere in the |
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pattern, and if so, 7.0/46 no longer applies. As part of this change, |
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there's a new PCRE_INFO_HASCRORLF option for finding out whether a compiled |
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pattern has explicit CR or LF references. |
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29. Added (*CR) etc for changing newline setting at start of pattern. |
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Version 7.2 19-Jun-07 |
Version 7.2 19-Jun-07 |