--- embedaddon/pcre/doc/pcrecallout.3 2012/02/21 23:50:25 1.1.1.2 +++ embedaddon/pcre/doc/pcrecallout.3 2013/07/22 08:25:56 1.1.1.4 @@ -1,19 +1,27 @@ -.TH PCRECALLOUT 3 +.TH PCRECALLOUT 3 "03 March 2013" "PCRE 8.33" .SH NAME PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions -.SH "PCRE CALLOUTS" +.SH SYNOPSIS .rs .sp +.B #include +.PP +.SM .B int (*pcre_callout)(pcre_callout_block *); .PP .B int (*pcre16_callout)(pcre16_callout_block *); .PP +.B int (*pcre32_callout)(pcre32_callout_block *); +. +.SH DESCRIPTION +.rs +.sp PCRE provides a feature called "callout", which is a means of temporarily passing control to the caller of PCRE in the middle of pattern matching. The caller of PCRE provides an external function by putting its entry point in the global variable \fIpcre_callout\fP (\fIpcre16_callout\fP for the 16-bit -library). By default, this variable contains NULL, which disables all calling -out. +library, \fIpcre32_callout\fP for the 32-bit library). By default, this +variable contains NULL, which disables all calling out. .P Within a regular expression, (?C) indicates the points at which the external function is to be called. Different callout points can be identified by putting @@ -33,18 +41,23 @@ it is processed as if it were (?C255)A(?C255)((?C255)\ed{2}(?C255)|(?C255)-(?C255)-(?C255))(?C255) .sp Notice that there is a callout before and after each parenthesis and -alternation bar. Automatic callouts can be used for tracking the progress of -pattern matching. The +alternation bar. If the pattern contains a conditional group whose condition is +an assertion, an automatic callout is inserted immediately before the +condition. Such a callout may also be inserted explicitly, for example: +.sp + (?(?C9)(?=a)ab|de) +.sp +This applies only to assertion conditions (because they are themselves +independent groups). +.P +Automatic callouts can be used for tracking the progress of pattern matching. +The .\" HREF \fBpcretest\fP .\" command has an option that sets automatic callouts; when it is used, the output indicates how the pattern is matched. This is useful information when you are trying to optimize the performance of a particular pattern. -.P -The use of callouts in a pattern makes it ineligible for optimization by the -just-in-time compiler. Studying such a pattern with the PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE -option always fails. . . .SH "MISSING CALLOUTS" @@ -76,9 +89,10 @@ callouts such as the example above are obeyed. .rs .sp During matching, when PCRE reaches a callout point, the external function -defined by \fIpcre_callout\fP or \fIpcre16_callout\fP is called (if it is set). -This applies to both normal and DFA matching. The only argument to the callout -function is a pointer to a \fBpcre_callout\fP or \fBpcre16_callout\fP block. +defined by \fIpcre_callout\fP or \fIpcre[16|32]_callout\fP is called +(if it is set). This applies to both normal and DFA matching. The only +argument to the callout function is a pointer to a \fBpcre_callout\fP +or \fBpcre[16|32]_callout\fP block. These structures contains the following fields: .sp int \fIversion\fP; @@ -86,6 +100,7 @@ These structures contains the following fields: int *\fIoffset_vector\fP; const char *\fIsubject\fP; (8-bit version) PCRE_SPTR16 \fIsubject\fP; (16-bit version) + PCRE_SPTR32 \fIsubject\fP; (32-bit version) int \fIsubject_length\fP; int \fIstart_match\fP; int \fIcurrent_position\fP; @@ -96,6 +111,7 @@ These structures contains the following fields: int \fInext_item_length\fP; const unsigned char *\fImark\fP; (8-bit version) const PCRE_UCHAR16 *\fImark\fP; (16-bit version) + const PCRE_UCHAR32 *\fImark\fP; (32-bit version) .sp The \fIversion\fP field is an integer containing the version number of the block format. The initial version was 0; the current version is 2. The version @@ -108,10 +124,10 @@ automatically generated callouts). .P The \fIoffset_vector\fP field is a pointer to the vector of offsets that was passed by the caller to the matching function. When \fBpcre_exec()\fP or -\fBpcre16_exec()\fP is used, the contents can be inspected, in order to extract -substrings that have been matched so far, in the same way as for extracting -substrings after a match has completed. For the DFA matching functions, this -field is not useful. +\fBpcre[16|32]_exec()\fP is used, the contents can be inspected, in order to +extract substrings that have been matched so far, in the same way as for +extracting substrings after a match has completed. For the DFA matching +functions, this field is not useful. .P The \fIsubject\fP and \fIsubject_length\fP fields contain copies of the values that were passed to the matching function. @@ -126,19 +142,21 @@ in the subject. The \fIcurrent_position\fP field contains the offset within the subject of the current match pointer. .P -When the \fBpcre_exec()\fP or \fBpcre16_exec()\fP is used, the +When the \fBpcre_exec()\fP or \fBpcre[16|32]_exec()\fP is used, the \fIcapture_top\fP field contains one more than the number of the highest numbered captured substring so far. If no substrings have been captured, the value of \fIcapture_top\fP is one. This is always the case when the DFA functions are used, because they do not support captured substrings. .P The \fIcapture_last\fP field contains the number of the most recently captured -substring. If no substrings have been captured, its value is -1. This is always -the case for the DFA matching functions. +substring. However, when a recursion exits, the value reverts to what it was +outside the recursion, as do the values of all captured substrings. If no +substrings have been captured, the value of \fIcapture_last\fP is -1. This is +always the case for the DFA matching functions. .P The \fIcallout_data\fP field contains a value that is passed to a matching function specifically so that it can be passed back in callouts. It is passed -in the \fIcallout_data\fP field of a \fBpcre_extra\fP or \fBpcre16_extra\fP +in the \fIcallout_data\fP field of a \fBpcre_extra\fP or \fBpcre[16|32]_extra\fP data structure. If no such data was passed, the value of \fIcallout_data\fP in a callout block is NULL. There is a description of the \fBpcre_extra\fP structure in the @@ -162,11 +180,12 @@ help in distinguishing between different automatic cal same callout number. However, they are set for all callouts. .P The \fImark\fP field is present from version 2 of the callout structure. In -callouts from \fBpcre_exec()\fP or \fBpcre16_exec()\fP it contains a pointer to -the zero-terminated name of the most recently passed (*MARK), (*PRUNE), or -(*THEN) item in the match, or NULL if no such items have been passed. Instances -of (*PRUNE) or (*THEN) without a name do not obliterate a previous (*MARK). In -callouts from the DFA matching functions this field always contains NULL. +callouts from \fBpcre_exec()\fP or \fBpcre[16|32]_exec()\fP it contains a +pointer to the zero-terminated name of the most recently passed (*MARK), +(*PRUNE), or (*THEN) item in the match, or NULL if no such items have been +passed. Instances of (*PRUNE) or (*THEN) without a name do not obliterate a +previous (*MARK). In callouts from the DFA matching functions this field always +contains NULL. . . .SH "RETURN VALUES" @@ -198,6 +217,6 @@ Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. .rs .sp .nf -Last updated: 08 Janurary 2012 -Copyright (c) 1997-2012 University of Cambridge. +Last updated: 03 March 2013 +Copyright (c) 1997-2013 University of Cambridge. .fi