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version 1.1.1.1, 2012/02/21 23:05:52	version 1.1.1.2, 2013/07/22 08:25:56
Line 14 other pcretest modifiers that are either handled or ig	Line 14 other pcretest modifiers that are either handled or ig
/W ignored	/W ignored
/S ignored	/S ignored
/SS ignored	/SS ignored
	/Y ignored

The data lines are processed as Perl double-quoted strings, so if they contain	The pcretest \Y escape in data lines is removed before matching. The data lines
" $ or @ characters, these have to be escaped. For this reason, all such	are processed as Perl double-quoted strings, so if they contain " $ or @
characters in testinput1, testinput4, testinput6, and testinput11 are escaped	characters, these have to be escaped. For this reason, all such characters in
so that they can be used for perltest as well as for pcretest. The pcretest \Y	the Perl-compatible testinput1 file are escaped so that they can be used for
escape in data lines is removed.	perltest as well as for pcretest. The special upper case pattern modifiers such
	as /A that pcretest recognizes, and its special data line escapes, are not used
	in the Perl-compatible test file. The output should be identical, apart from
	the initial identifying banner.

The special upper case pattern modifiers such as /A that pcretest recognizes,
and its special data line escapes, are not used in these files. The output
should be identical, apart from the initial identifying banner.

The perltest.pl script can also test UTF-8 features. It recognizes the special	The perltest.pl script can also test UTF-8 features. It recognizes the special
modifier /8 that pcretest uses to invoke UTF-8 functionality. The testinput4	modifier /8 that pcretest uses to invoke UTF-8 functionality. The testinput4
and testinput6 files can be fed to perltest to run compatible UTF-8 tests.	and testinput6 files can be fed to perltest to run compatible UTF-8 tests.
However, it is necessary to add "use utf8;" to the script to make this work	However, it is necessary to add "use utf8; require Encode" to the script to
correctly.	make this work correctly. I have not managed to find a way to handle this
	automatically.

The testinput11 file contains tests that use features of Perl 5.10, so does not
work with Perl 5.8.

The other testinput files are not suitable for feeding to perltest.pl, since	The other testinput files are not suitable for feeding to perltest.pl, since
they make use of the special upper case modifiers and escapes that pcretest	they make use of the special upper case modifiers and escapes that pcretest
uses to test some features of PCRE. Some of these files also contains malformed	uses to test certain features of PCRE. Some of these files also contain
regular expressions, in order to check that PCRE diagnoses them correctly.	malformed regular expressions, in order to check that PCRE diagnoses them
	correctly.

Philip Hazel	Philip Hazel
August 2011	January 2012

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