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96  If the JIT compiler finds an unsupported item, no JIT data is generated. You  If the JIT compiler finds an unsupported item, no JIT data is generated. You
97  can find out if JIT execution is available after studying a pattern by calling  can find out if JIT execution is available after studying a pattern by calling
98  <b>pcre_fullinfo()</b> with the PCRE_INFO_JIT option. A result of 1 means that  <b>pcre_fullinfo()</b> with the PCRE_INFO_JIT option. A result of 1 means that
99  JIT compilationw was successful. A result of 0 means that JIT support is not  JIT compilation was successful. A result of 0 means that JIT support is not
100  available, or the pattern was not studied with PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE, or the  available, or the pattern was not studied with PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE, or the
101  JIT compiler was not able to handle the pattern.  JIT compiler was not able to handle the pattern.
102  </P>  </P>
103    <P>
104    Once a pattern has been studied, with or without JIT, it can be used as many
105    times as you like for matching different subject strings.
106    </P>
107  <br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">UNSUPPORTED OPTIONS AND PATTERN ITEMS</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">UNSUPPORTED OPTIONS AND PATTERN ITEMS</a><br>
108  <P>  <P>
109  The only <b>pcre_exec()</b> options that are supported for JIT execution are  The only <b>pcre_exec()</b> options that are supported for JIT execution are
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149  <br><a name="SEC6" href="#TOC1">SAVING AND RESTORING COMPILED PATTERNS</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC6" href="#TOC1">SAVING AND RESTORING COMPILED PATTERNS</a><br>
150  <P>  <P>
151  The code that is generated by the JIT compiler is architecture-specific, and is  The code that is generated by the JIT compiler is architecture-specific, and is
152  also position dependent. For those reasons it cannot be saved and restored like  also position dependent. For those reasons it cannot be saved (in a file or
153  the bytecode and other data of a compiled pattern. You should be able run  database) and restored later like the bytecode and other data of a compiled
154  <b>pcre_study()</b> on a saved and restored pattern, and thereby recreate the  pattern. Saving and restoring compiled patterns is not something many people
155  JIT data, but because JIT compilation uses significant resources, it is  do. More detail about this facility is given in the
156  probably not worth doing this.  <a href="pcreprecompile.html"><b>pcreprecompile</b></a>
157    documentation. It should be possible to run <b>pcre_study()</b> on a saved and
158    restored pattern, and thereby recreate the JIT data, but because JIT
159    compilation uses significant resources, it is probably not worth doing this;
160    you might as well recompile the original pattern.
161  <a name="stackcontrol"></a></P>  <a name="stackcontrol"></a></P>
162  <br><a name="SEC7" href="#TOC1">CONTROLLING THE JIT STACK</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC7" href="#TOC1">CONTROLLING THE JIT STACK</a><br>
163  <P>  <P>
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273  </P>  </P>
274  <br><a name="SEC11" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC11" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>
275  <P>  <P>
276  Last updated: 06 September 2011  Last updated: 23 September 2011
277  <br>  <br>
278  Copyright &copy; 1997-2011 University of Cambridge.  Copyright &copy; 1997-2011 University of Cambridge.
279  <br>  <br>
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