--- embedaddon/pcre/doc/html/pcrelimits.html 2012/02/21 23:05:52 1.1.1.1 +++ embedaddon/pcre/doc/html/pcrelimits.html 2012/02/21 23:50:25 1.1.1.2 @@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ There are some size limitations in PCRE but it is hope practice be relevant.

-The maximum length of a compiled pattern is 65539 (sic) bytes if PCRE is -compiled with the default internal linkage size of 2. If you want to process +The maximum length of a compiled pattern is approximately 64K data units (bytes +for the 8-bit library, 16-bit units for the 16-bit library) if PCRE is compiled +with the default internal linkage size of 2 bytes. If you want to process regular expressions that are truly enormous, you can compile PCRE with an -internal linkage size of 3 or 4 (see the README file in the source -distribution and the +internal linkage size of 3 or 4 (when building the 16-bit library, 3 is rounded +up to 4). See the README file in the source distribution and the pcrebuild -documentation for details). In these cases the limit is substantially larger. +documentation for details. In these cases the limit is substantially larger. However, the speed of execution is slower.

@@ -71,9 +72,9 @@ Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. REVISION

-Last updated: 30 November 2011 +Last updated: 08 January 2012
-Copyright © 1997-2011 University of Cambridge. +Copyright © 1997-2012 University of Cambridge.

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