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revision 460 by ph10, Fri Sep 18 19:12:35 2009 UTC revision 461 by ph10, Mon Oct 5 10:59:35 2009 UTC
# Line 58  though the details differ between the tw Line 58  though the details differ between the tw
58  are set, PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD takes precedence.  are set, PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD takes precedence.
59  </P>  </P>
60  <P>  <P>
61  Setting a partial matching option disables one of PCRE's optimizations. PCRE  Setting a partial matching option disables two of PCRE's optimizations. PCRE
62  remembers the last literal byte in a pattern, and abandons matching immediately  remembers the last literal byte in a pattern, and abandons matching immediately
63  if such a byte is not present in the subject string. This optimization cannot  if such a byte is not present in the subject string. This optimization cannot
64  be used for a subject string that might match only partially.  be used for a subject string that might match only partially. If the pattern
65    was studied, PCRE knows the minimum length of a matching string, and does not
66    bother to run the matching function on shorter strings. This optimization is
67    also disabled for partial matching.
68  </P>  </P>
69  <br><a name="SEC2" href="#TOC1">PARTIAL MATCHING USING pcre_exec()</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC2" href="#TOC1">PARTIAL MATCHING USING pcre_exec()</a><br>
70  <P>  <P>
# Line 78  instead of PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH. If there Line 81  instead of PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH. If there
81  vector, the first of them is set to the offset of the earliest character that  vector, the first of them is set to the offset of the earliest character that
82  was inspected when the partial match was found. For convenience, the second  was inspected when the partial match was found. For convenience, the second
83  offset points to the end of the string so that a substring can easily be  offset points to the end of the string so that a substring can easily be
84  extracted.  identified.
85  </P>  </P>
86  <P>  <P>
87  For the majority of patterns, the first offset identifies the start of the  For the majority of patterns, the first offset identifies the start of the
# Line 382  Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Line 385  Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
385  </P>  </P>
386  <br><a name="SEC11" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC11" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>
387  <P>  <P>
388  Last updated: 05 September 2009  Last updated: 29 September 2009
389  <br>  <br>
390  Copyright &copy; 1997-2009 University of Cambridge.  Copyright &copy; 1997-2009 University of Cambridge.
391  <br>  <br>
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