--- embedaddon/pcre/doc/html/pcrelimits.html 2012/02/21 23:50:25 1.1.1.2 +++ embedaddon/pcre/doc/html/pcrelimits.html 2012/10/09 09:19:18 1.1.1.3 @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ The maximum length of name for a named subpattern is 3 maximum number of named subpatterns is 10000.
+The maximum length of a name in a (*MARK), (*PRUNE), (*SKIP), or (*THEN) verb +is 255 for the 8-bit library and 65535 for the 16-bit library. +
+
The maximum length of a subject string is the largest positive number that an
integer variable can hold. However, when using the traditional matching
function, PCRE uses recursion to handle subpatterns and indefinite repetition.
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
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+Last updated: 04 May 2012
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