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33  The current implementation of PCRE corresponds approximately with Perl 5.12,  The current implementation of PCRE corresponds approximately with Perl 5.12,
34  including support for UTF-8 encoded strings and Unicode general category  including support for UTF-8 encoded strings and Unicode general category
35  properties. However, UTF-8 and Unicode support has to be explicitly enabled; it  properties. However, UTF-8 and Unicode support has to be explicitly enabled; it
36  is not the default. The Unicode tables correspond to Unicode release 5.2.0.  is not the default. The Unicode tables correspond to Unicode release 6.0.0.
37  </P>  </P>
38  <P>  <P>
39  In addition to the Perl-compatible matching function, PCRE contains an  In addition to the Perl-compatible matching function, PCRE contains an
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207  UTF-8.)  UTF-8.)
208  </P>  </P>
209  <P>  <P>
210  If an invalid UTF-8 string is passed to PCRE, an error return  If an invalid UTF-8 string is passed to PCRE, an error return is given. At
211  (PCRE_ERROR_BADUTF8) is given. In some situations, you may already know that  compile time, the only additional information is the offset to the first byte
212  your strings are valid, and therefore want to skip these checks in order to  of the failing character. The runtime functions (<b>pcre_exec()</b> and
213  improve performance. If you set the PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK flag at compile time or  <b>pcre_dfa_exec()</b>), pass back this information as well as a more detailed
214  at run time, PCRE assumes that the pattern or subject it is given  reason code if the caller has provided memory in which to do this.
215  (respectively) contains only valid UTF-8 codes. In this case, it does not  </P>
216  diagnose an invalid UTF-8 string.  <P>
217    In some situations, you may already know that your strings are valid, and
218    therefore want to skip these checks in order to improve performance. If you set
219    the PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK flag at compile time or at run time, PCRE assumes that
220    the pattern or subject it is given (respectively) contains only valid UTF-8
221    codes. In this case, it does not diagnose an invalid UTF-8 string.
222  </P>  </P>
223  <P>  <P>
224  If you pass an invalid UTF-8 string when PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK is set, what  If you pass an invalid UTF-8 string when PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK is set, what
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310  </P>  </P>
311  <br><a name="SEC6" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC6" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>
312  <P>  <P>
313  Last updated: 13 November 2010  Last updated: 07 May 2011
314  <br>  <br>
315  Copyright &copy; 1997-2010 University of Cambridge.  Copyright &copy; 1997-2011 University of Cambridge.
316  <br>  <br>
317  <p>  <p>
318  Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>.  Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>.
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