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Thu Dec 27 09:27:23 2007 UTC
 Line 1356 
 COMPILATION ERROR CODES
  nothing to repeat
  [this code is not in use]
  internal error: unexpected repeat
- unrecognized character after (?
+ unrecognized character after (? or (?-
  POSIX named classes are supported only within a class
  missing )
  reference to non-existent subpattern
 Line 1364 
 COMPILATION ERROR CODES
  unknown option bit(s) set
  missing ) after comment
  [this code is not in use]
- regular expression too large
+ regular expression is too large
  failed to get memory
  unmatched parentheses
  internal error: code overflow
 Line 1393 
 COMPILATION ERROR CODES
  malformed \P or \p sequence
  unknown property name after \P or \p
  subpattern name is too long (maximum 32 characters)
- too many named subpatterns (maximum 10,000)
+ too many named subpatterns (maximum 10000)
  [this code is not in use]
  octal value is greater than \377 (not in UTF-8 mode)
  internal error: overran compiling workspace
 Line 1405 
 COMPILATION ERROR CODES
  \g is not followed by a braced name or an optionally braced
                 non-zero number
  (?+ or (?- or (?(+ or (?(- must be followed by a non-zero number
+ (*VERB) with an argument is not supported
+ (*VERB) not recognized
+ number is too big
+ subpattern name expected
+ digit expected after (?+
+        The numbers 32 and 10000 in errors 48 and 49  are  defaults;  different
+        values may be used if the limits were changed when PCRE was built.
  STUDYING A PATTERN
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 STUDYING A PATTERN
+Line 1420 
 STUDYING A PATTERN
         pcre_extra *pcre_study(const pcre *code, int options
              const char **errptr);
-        If a compiled pattern is going to be used several times,  it  is  worth
+        If  a  compiled  pattern is going to be used several times, it is worth
         spending more time analyzing it in order to speed up the time taken for
-        matching. The function pcre_study() takes a pointer to a compiled  pat-
+        matching.  The function pcre_study() takes a pointer to a compiled pat-
         tern as its first argument. If studying the pattern produces additional
-        information that will help speed up matching,  pcre_study()  returns  a
+        information  that  will  help speed up matching, pcre_study() returns a
-        pointer  to a pcre_extra block, in which the study_data field points to
+        pointer to a pcre_extra block, in which the study_data field points  to
         the results of the study.
         The  returned  value  from  pcre_study()  can  be  passed  directly  to
-        pcre_exec().  However,  a  pcre_extra  block also contains other fields
+        pcre_exec(). However, a pcre_extra block  also  contains  other  fields
-        that can be set by the caller before the block  is  passed;  these  are
+        that  can  be  set  by the caller before the block is passed; these are
         described below in the section on matching a pattern.
-        If  studying  the  pattern  does not produce any additional information
+        If studying the pattern does not  produce  any  additional  information
         pcre_study() returns NULL. In that circumstance, if the calling program
-        wants  to  pass  any of the other fields to pcre_exec(), it must set up
+        wants to pass any of the other fields to pcre_exec(), it  must  set  up
         its own pcre_extra block.
-        The second argument of pcre_study() contains option bits.  At  present,
+        The  second  argument of pcre_study() contains option bits. At present,
         no options are defined, and this argument should always be zero.
-        The  third argument for pcre_study() is a pointer for an error message.
+        The third argument for pcre_study() is a pointer for an error  message.
-        If studying succeeds (even if no data is  returned),  the  variable  it
+        If  studying  succeeds  (even  if no data is returned), the variable it
-        points  to  is  set  to NULL. Otherwise it is set to point to a textual
+        points to is set to NULL. Otherwise it is set to  point  to  a  textual
         error message. This is a static string that is part of the library. You
-        must  not  try  to  free it. You should test the error pointer for NULL
+        must not try to free it. You should test the  error  pointer  for  NULL
         after calling pcre_study(), to be sure that it has run successfully.
         This is a typical call to pcre_study():
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+Line 1457 
 STUDYING A PATTERN
             &error);        /* set to NULL or points to a message */
         At present, studying a pattern is useful only for non-anchored patterns
-        that  do not have a single fixed starting character. A bitmap of possi-
+        that do not have a single fixed starting character. A bitmap of  possi-
         ble starting bytes is created.
  LOCALE SUPPORT
-        PCRE handles caseless matching, and determines whether  characters  are
+        PCRE  handles  caseless matching, and determines whether characters are
-        letters,  digits, or whatever, by reference to a set of tables, indexed
+        letters, digits, or whatever, by reference to a set of tables,  indexed
-        by character value. When running in UTF-8 mode, this  applies  only  to
+        by  character  value.  When running in UTF-8 mode, this applies only to
-        characters  with  codes  less than 128. Higher-valued codes never match
+        characters with codes less than 128. Higher-valued  codes  never  match
-        escapes such as \w or \d, but can be tested with \p if  PCRE  is  built
+        escapes  such  as  \w or \d, but can be tested with \p if PCRE is built
-        with  Unicode  character property support. The use of locales with Uni-
+        with Unicode character property support. The use of locales  with  Uni-
-        code is discouraged. If you are handling characters with codes  greater
+        code  is discouraged. If you are handling characters with codes greater
-        than  128, you should either use UTF-8 and Unicode, or use locales, but
+        than 128, you should either use UTF-8 and Unicode, or use locales,  but
         not try to mix the two.
-        PCRE contains an internal set of tables that are used  when  the  final
+        PCRE  contains  an  internal set of tables that are used when the final
-        argument  of  pcre_compile()  is  NULL.  These  are sufficient for many
+        argument of pcre_compile() is  NULL.  These  are  sufficient  for  many
         applications.  Normally, the internal tables recognize only ASCII char-
         acters. However, when PCRE is built, it is possible to cause the inter-
         nal tables to be rebuilt in the default "C" locale of the local system,
         which may cause them to be different.
-        The  internal tables can always be overridden by tables supplied by the
+        The internal tables can always be overridden by tables supplied by  the
         application that calls PCRE. These may be created in a different locale
-        from  the  default.  As more and more applications change to using Uni-
+        from the default. As more and more applications change  to  using  Uni-
         code, the need for this locale support is expected to die away.
-        External tables are built by calling  the  pcre_maketables()  function,
+        External  tables  are  built by calling the pcre_maketables() function,
-        which  has no arguments, in the relevant locale. The result can then be
+        which has no arguments, in the relevant locale. The result can then  be
-        passed to pcre_compile() or pcre_exec()  as  often  as  necessary.  For
+        passed  to  pcre_compile()  or  pcre_exec()  as often as necessary. For
-        example,  to  build  and use tables that are appropriate for the French
+        example, to build and use tables that are appropriate  for  the  French
-        locale (where accented characters with  values  greater  than  128  are
+        locale  (where  accented  characters  with  values greater than 128 are
         treated as letters), the following code could be used:
           setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "fr_FR");
           tables = pcre_maketables();
           re = pcre_compile(..., tables);
-        The  locale  name "fr_FR" is used on Linux and other Unix-like systems;
+        The locale name "fr_FR" is used on Linux and other  Unix-like  systems;
         if you are using Windows, the name for the French locale is "french".
-        When pcre_maketables() runs, the tables are built  in  memory  that  is
+        When  pcre_maketables()  runs,  the  tables are built in memory that is
-        obtained  via  pcre_malloc. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure
+        obtained via pcre_malloc. It is the caller's responsibility  to  ensure
-        that the memory containing the tables remains available for as long  as
+        that  the memory containing the tables remains available for as long as
         it is needed.
         The pointer that is passed to pcre_compile() is saved with the compiled
-        pattern, and the same tables are used via this pointer by  pcre_study()
+        pattern,  and the same tables are used via this pointer by pcre_study()
         and normally also by pcre_exec(). Thus, by default, for any single pat-
         tern, compilation, studying and matching all happen in the same locale,
         but different patterns can be compiled in different locales.
-        It  is  possible to pass a table pointer or NULL (indicating the use of
+        It is possible to pass a table pointer or NULL (indicating the  use  of
-        the internal tables) to pcre_exec(). Although  not  intended  for  this
+        the  internal  tables)  to  pcre_exec(). Although not intended for this
-        purpose,  this facility could be used to match a pattern in a different
+        purpose, this facility could be used to match a pattern in a  different
         locale from the one in which it was compiled. Passing table pointers at
         run time is discussed below in the section on matching a pattern.
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+Line 1522 
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         int pcre_fullinfo(const pcre *code, const pcre_extra *extra,
              int what, void *where);
-        The  pcre_fullinfo() function returns information about a compiled pat-
+        The pcre_fullinfo() function returns information about a compiled  pat-
         tern. It replaces the obsolete pcre_info() function, which is neverthe-
         less retained for backwards compability (and is documented below).
-        The  first  argument  for  pcre_fullinfo() is a pointer to the compiled
+        The first argument for pcre_fullinfo() is a  pointer  to  the  compiled
-        pattern. The second argument is the result of pcre_study(), or NULL  if
+        pattern.  The second argument is the result of pcre_study(), or NULL if
-        the  pattern  was not studied. The third argument specifies which piece
+        the pattern was not studied. The third argument specifies  which  piece
-        of information is required, and the fourth argument is a pointer  to  a
+        of  information  is required, and the fourth argument is a pointer to a
-        variable  to  receive  the  data. The yield of the function is zero for
+        variable to receive the data. The yield of the  function  is  zero  for
         success, or one of the following negative numbers:
           PCRE_ERROR_NULL       the argument code was NULL
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+Line 1538 
 INFORMATION ABOUT A PATTERN
           PCRE_ERROR_BADMAGIC   the "magic number" was not found
           PCRE_ERROR_BADOPTION  the value of what was invalid
-        The "magic number" is placed at the start of each compiled  pattern  as
+        The  "magic  number" is placed at the start of each compiled pattern as
-        an  simple check against passing an arbitrary memory pointer. Here is a
+        an simple check against passing an arbitrary memory pointer. Here is  a
-        typical call of pcre_fullinfo(), to obtain the length of  the  compiled
+        typical  call  of pcre_fullinfo(), to obtain the length of the compiled
         pattern:
           int rc;
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+Line 1551 
 INFORMATION ABOUT A PATTERN
             PCRE_INFO_SIZE,   /* what is required */
             &length);         /* where to put the data */
-        The  possible  values for the third argument are defined in pcre.h, and
+        The possible values for the third argument are defined in  pcre.h,  and
         are as follows:
           PCRE_INFO_BACKREFMAX
-        Return the number of the highest back reference  in  the  pattern.  The
+        Return  the  number  of  the highest back reference in the pattern. The
-        fourth  argument  should  point to an int variable. Zero is returned if
+        fourth argument should point to an int variable. Zero  is  returned  if
         there are no back references.
           PCRE_INFO_CAPTURECOUNT
-        Return the number of capturing subpatterns in the pattern.  The  fourth
+        Return  the  number of capturing subpatterns in the pattern. The fourth
         argument should point to an int variable.
           PCRE_INFO_DEFAULT_TABLES
-        Return  a pointer to the internal default character tables within PCRE.
+        Return a pointer to the internal default character tables within  PCRE.
-        The fourth argument should point to an unsigned char *  variable.  This
+        The  fourth  argument should point to an unsigned char * variable. This
         information call is provided for internal use by the pcre_study() func-
-        tion. External callers can cause PCRE to use  its  internal  tables  by
+        tion.  External  callers  can  cause PCRE to use its internal tables by
         passing a NULL table pointer.
           PCRE_INFO_FIRSTBYTE
-        Return  information  about  the first byte of any matched string, for a
+        Return information about the first byte of any matched  string,  for  a
-        non-anchored pattern. The fourth argument should point to an int  vari-
+        non-anchored  pattern. The fourth argument should point to an int vari-
-        able.  (This option used to be called PCRE_INFO_FIRSTCHAR; the old name
+        able. (This option used to be called PCRE_INFO_FIRSTCHAR; the old  name
         is still recognized for backwards compatibility.)
-        If there is a fixed first byte, for example, from  a  pattern  such  as
+        If  there  is  a  fixed first byte, for example, from a pattern such as
         (cat|cow|coyote), its value is returned. Otherwise, if either
-        (a)  the pattern was compiled with the PCRE_MULTILINE option, and every
+        (a) the pattern was compiled with the PCRE_MULTILINE option, and  every
         branch starts with "^", or
         (b) every branch of the pattern starts with ".*" and PCRE_DOTALL is not
         set (if it were set, the pattern would be anchored),
-        -1  is  returned, indicating that the pattern matches only at the start
+        -1 is returned, indicating that the pattern matches only at  the  start
-        of a subject string or after any newline within the  string.  Otherwise
+        of  a  subject string or after any newline within the string. Otherwise
         -2 is returned. For anchored patterns, -2 is returned.
           PCRE_INFO_FIRSTTABLE
-        If  the pattern was studied, and this resulted in the construction of a
+        If the pattern was studied, and this resulted in the construction of  a
 -bit table indicating a fixed set of bytes for the first byte in any
-        matching  string, a pointer to the table is returned. Otherwise NULL is
+        matching string, a pointer to the table is returned. Otherwise NULL  is
-        returned. The fourth argument should point to an unsigned char *  vari-
+        returned.  The fourth argument should point to an unsigned char * vari-
         able.
           PCRE_INFO_HASCRORLF
-        Return  1  if  the  pattern  contains any explicit matches for CR or LF
+        Return 1 if the pattern contains any explicit  matches  for  CR  or  LF
-        characters, otherwise 0. The fourth argument should  point  to  an  int
+        characters,  otherwise  0.  The  fourth argument should point to an int
-        variable.  An explicit match is either a literal CR or LF character, or
+        variable. An explicit match is either a literal CR or LF character,  or
         \r or \n.
           PCRE_INFO_JCHANGED
-        Return 1 if the (?J) or (?-J) option setting is used  in  the  pattern,
+        Return  1  if  the (?J) or (?-J) option setting is used in the pattern,
-        otherwise  0. The fourth argument should point to an int variable. (?J)
+        otherwise 0. The fourth argument should point to an int variable.  (?J)
         and (?-J) set and unset the local PCRE_DUPNAMES option, respectively.
           PCRE_INFO_LASTLITERAL
-        Return the value of the rightmost literal byte that must exist  in  any
+        Return  the  value of the rightmost literal byte that must exist in any
-        matched  string,  other  than  at  its  start,  if such a byte has been
+        matched string, other than at its  start,  if  such  a  byte  has  been
         recorded. The fourth argument should point to an int variable. If there
-        is  no such byte, -1 is returned. For anchored patterns, a last literal
+        is no such byte, -1 is returned. For anchored patterns, a last  literal
-        byte is recorded only if it follows something of variable  length.  For
+        byte  is  recorded only if it follows something of variable length. For
         example, for the pattern /^a\d+z\d+/ the returned value is "z", but for
         /^a\dz\d/ the returned value is -1.
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+Line 1628 
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           PCRE_INFO_NAMEENTRYSIZE
           PCRE_INFO_NAMETABLE
-        PCRE supports the use of named as well as numbered capturing  parenthe-
+        PCRE  supports the use of named as well as numbered capturing parenthe-
-        ses.  The names are just an additional way of identifying the parenthe-
+        ses. The names are just an additional way of identifying the  parenthe-
         ses, which still acquire numbers. Several convenience functions such as
-        pcre_get_named_substring()  are  provided  for extracting captured sub-
+        pcre_get_named_substring() are provided for  extracting  captured  sub-
-        strings by name. It is also possible to extract the data  directly,  by
+        strings  by  name. It is also possible to extract the data directly, by
-        first  converting  the  name to a number in order to access the correct
+        first converting the name to a number in order to  access  the  correct
         pointers in the output vector (described with pcre_exec() below). To do
-        the  conversion,  you  need  to  use  the  name-to-number map, which is
+        the conversion, you need  to  use  the  name-to-number  map,  which  is
         described by these three values.
         The map consists of a number of fixed-size entries. PCRE_INFO_NAMECOUNT
         gives the number of entries, and PCRE_INFO_NAMEENTRYSIZE gives the size
-        of each entry; both of these  return  an  int  value.  The  entry  size
+        of  each  entry;  both  of  these  return  an int value. The entry size
-        depends  on the length of the longest name. PCRE_INFO_NAMETABLE returns
+        depends on the length of the longest name. PCRE_INFO_NAMETABLE  returns
-        a pointer to the first entry of the table  (a  pointer  to  char).  The
+        a  pointer  to  the  first  entry of the table (a pointer to char). The
         first two bytes of each entry are the number of the capturing parenthe-
-        sis, most significant byte first. The rest of the entry is  the  corre-
+        sis,  most  significant byte first. The rest of the entry is the corre-
-        sponding  name,  zero  terminated. The names are in alphabetical order.
+        sponding name, zero terminated. The names are  in  alphabetical  order.
         When PCRE_DUPNAMES is set, duplicate names are in order of their paren-
-        theses  numbers.  For  example,  consider the following pattern (assume
+        theses numbers. For example, consider  the  following  pattern  (assume
-        PCRE_EXTENDED is  set,  so  white  space  -  including  newlines  -  is
+        PCRE_EXTENDED  is  set,  so  white  space  -  including  newlines  - is
         ignored):
           (?<date> (?<year>(\d\d)?\d\d) -
           (?<month>\d\d) - (?<day>\d\d) )
-        There  are  four  named subpatterns, so the table has four entries, and
+        There are four named subpatterns, so the table has  four  entries,  and
-        each entry in the table is eight bytes long. The table is  as  follows,
+        each  entry  in the table is eight bytes long. The table is as follows,
         with non-printing bytes shows in hexadecimal, and undefined bytes shown
         as ??:
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+Line 1664 
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 04 m  o  n  t  h  00
 02 y  e  a  r  00 ??
-        When writing code to extract data  from  named  subpatterns  using  the
+        When  writing  code  to  extract  data from named subpatterns using the
-        name-to-number  map,  remember that the length of the entries is likely
+        name-to-number map, remember that the length of the entries  is  likely
         to be different for each compiled pattern.
           PCRE_INFO_OKPARTIAL
-        Return 1 if the pattern can be used for partial matching, otherwise  0.
+        Return  1 if the pattern can be used for partial matching, otherwise 0.
-        The  fourth  argument  should point to an int variable. The pcrepartial
+        The fourth argument should point to an int  variable.  The  pcrepartial
-        documentation lists the restrictions that apply to patterns  when  par-
+        documentation  lists  the restrictions that apply to patterns when par-
         tial matching is used.
           PCRE_INFO_OPTIONS
-        Return  a  copy of the options with which the pattern was compiled. The
+        Return a copy of the options with which the pattern was  compiled.  The
-        fourth argument should point to an unsigned long  int  variable.  These
+        fourth  argument  should  point to an unsigned long int variable. These
         option bits are those specified in the call to pcre_compile(), modified
         by any top-level option settings at the start of the pattern itself. In
-        other  words,  they are the options that will be in force when matching
+        other words, they are the options that will be in force  when  matching
-        starts. For example, if the pattern /(?im)abc(?-i)d/ is  compiled  with
+        starts.  For  example, if the pattern /(?im)abc(?-i)d/ is compiled with
-        the  PCRE_EXTENDED option, the result is PCRE_CASELESS, PCRE_MULTILINE,
+        the PCRE_EXTENDED option, the result is PCRE_CASELESS,  PCRE_MULTILINE,
         and PCRE_EXTENDED.
-        A pattern is automatically anchored by PCRE if  all  of  its  top-level
+        A  pattern  is  automatically  anchored by PCRE if all of its top-level
         alternatives begin with one of the following:
           ^     unless PCRE_MULTILINE is set
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+Line 1700 
 INFORMATION ABOUT A PATTERN
           PCRE_INFO_SIZE
-        Return the size of the compiled pattern, that is, the  value  that  was
+        Return  the  size  of the compiled pattern, that is, the value that was
         passed as the argument to pcre_malloc() when PCRE was getting memory in
         which to place the compiled data. The fourth argument should point to a
         size_t variable.
-Line 1700 
 INFORMATION ABOUT A PATTERN
+Line 1708 
 INFORMATION ABOUT A PATTERN
           PCRE_INFO_STUDYSIZE
         Return the size of the data block pointed to by the study_data field in
-        a pcre_extra block. That is,  it  is  the  value  that  was  passed  to
+        a  pcre_extra  block.  That  is,  it  is  the  value that was passed to
         pcre_malloc() when PCRE was getting memory into which to place the data
-        created by pcre_study(). The fourth argument should point to  a  size_t
+        created  by  pcre_study(). The fourth argument should point to a size_t
         variable.
-Line 1710 
 OBSOLETE INFO FUNCTION
+Line 1718 
 OBSOLETE INFO FUNCTION
         int pcre_info(const pcre *code, int *optptr, int *firstcharptr);
-        The  pcre_info()  function is now obsolete because its interface is too
+        The pcre_info() function is now obsolete because its interface  is  too
-        restrictive to return all the available data about a compiled  pattern.
+        restrictive  to return all the available data about a compiled pattern.
-        New   programs   should  use  pcre_fullinfo()  instead.  The  yield  of
+        New  programs  should  use  pcre_fullinfo()  instead.  The   yield   of
-        pcre_info() is the number of capturing subpatterns, or one of the  fol-
+        pcre_info()  is the number of capturing subpatterns, or one of the fol-
         lowing negative numbers:
           PCRE_ERROR_NULL       the argument code was NULL
           PCRE_ERROR_BADMAGIC   the "magic number" was not found
-        If  the  optptr  argument is not NULL, a copy of the options with which
+        If the optptr argument is not NULL, a copy of the  options  with  which
-        the pattern was compiled is placed in the integer  it  points  to  (see
+        the  pattern  was  compiled  is placed in the integer it points to (see
         PCRE_INFO_OPTIONS above).
-        If  the  pattern  is  not anchored and the firstcharptr argument is not
+        If the pattern is not anchored and the  firstcharptr  argument  is  not
-        NULL, it is used to pass back information about the first character  of
+        NULL,  it is used to pass back information about the first character of
         any matched string (see PCRE_INFO_FIRSTBYTE above).
-Line 1732 
 REFERENCE COUNTS
+Line 1740 
 REFERENCE COUNTS
         int pcre_refcount(pcre *code, int adjust);
-        The  pcre_refcount()  function is used to maintain a reference count in
+        The pcre_refcount() function is used to maintain a reference  count  in
         the data block that contains a compiled pattern. It is provided for the
-        benefit  of  applications  that  operate  in an object-oriented manner,
+        benefit of applications that  operate  in  an  object-oriented  manner,
         where different parts of the application may be using the same compiled
         pattern, but you want to free the block when they are all done.
         When a pattern is compiled, the reference count field is initialized to
-        zero.  It is changed only by calling this function, whose action is  to
+        zero.   It is changed only by calling this function, whose action is to
-        add  the  adjust  value  (which may be positive or negative) to it. The
+        add the adjust value (which may be positive or  negative)  to  it.  The
         yield of the function is the new value. However, the value of the count
-        is  constrained to lie between 0 and 65535, inclusive. If the new value
+        is constrained to lie between 0 and 65535, inclusive. If the new  value
         is outside these limits, it is forced to the appropriate limit value.
-        Except when it is zero, the reference count is not correctly  preserved
+        Except  when it is zero, the reference count is not correctly preserved
-        if  a  pattern  is  compiled on one host and then transferred to a host
+        if a pattern is compiled on one host and then  transferred  to  a  host
         whose byte-order is different. (This seems a highly unlikely scenario.)
-Line 1756 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE TRADITIONAL FUNC
+Line 1764 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE TRADITIONAL FUNC
              const char *subject, int length, int startoffset,
              int options, int *ovector, int ovecsize);
-        The  function pcre_exec() is called to match a subject string against a
+        The function pcre_exec() is called to match a subject string against  a
-        compiled pattern, which is passed in the code argument. If the  pattern
+        compiled  pattern, which is passed in the code argument. If the pattern
         has been studied, the result of the study should be passed in the extra
-        argument. This function is the main matching facility of  the  library,
+        argument.  This  function is the main matching facility of the library,
         and it operates in a Perl-like manner. For specialist use there is also
-        an alternative matching function, which is described below in the  sec-
+        an  alternative matching function, which is described below in the sec-
         tion about the pcre_dfa_exec() function.
-        In  most applications, the pattern will have been compiled (and option-
+        In most applications, the pattern will have been compiled (and  option-
-        ally studied) in the same process that calls pcre_exec().  However,  it
+        ally  studied)  in the same process that calls pcre_exec(). However, it
         is possible to save compiled patterns and study data, and then use them
-        later in different processes, possibly even on different hosts.  For  a
+        later  in  different processes, possibly even on different hosts. For a
         discussion about this, see the pcreprecompile documentation.
         Here is an example of a simple call to pcre_exec():
-Line 1786 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE TRADITIONAL FUNC
+Line 1794 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE TRADITIONAL FUNC
     Extra data for pcre_exec()
-        If  the  extra argument is not NULL, it must point to a pcre_extra data
+        If the extra argument is not NULL, it must point to a  pcre_extra  data
-        block. The pcre_study() function returns such a block (when it  doesn't
+        block.  The pcre_study() function returns such a block (when it doesn't
-        return  NULL), but you can also create one for yourself, and pass addi-
+        return NULL), but you can also create one for yourself, and pass  addi-
-        tional information in it. The pcre_extra block contains  the  following
+        tional  information  in it. The pcre_extra block contains the following
         fields (not necessarily in this order):
           unsigned long int flags;
-Line 1799 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE TRADITIONAL FUNC
+Line 1807 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE TRADITIONAL FUNC
           void *callout_data;
           const unsigned char *tables;
-        The  flags  field  is a bitmap that specifies which of the other fields
+        The flags field is a bitmap that specifies which of  the  other  fields
         are set. The flag bits are:
           PCRE_EXTRA_STUDY_DATA
-Line 1808 
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+Line 1816 
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           PCRE_EXTRA_CALLOUT_DATA
           PCRE_EXTRA_TABLES
-        Other flag bits should be set to zero. The study_data field is  set  in
+        Other  flag  bits should be set to zero. The study_data field is set in
-        the  pcre_extra  block  that is returned by pcre_study(), together with
+        the pcre_extra block that is returned by  pcre_study(),  together  with
         the appropriate flag bit. You should not set this yourself, but you may
-        add  to  the  block by setting the other fields and their corresponding
+        add to the block by setting the other fields  and  their  corresponding
         flag bits.
         The match_limit field provides a means of preventing PCRE from using up
-        a  vast amount of resources when running patterns that are not going to
+        a vast amount of resources when running patterns that are not going  to
-        match, but which have a very large number  of  possibilities  in  their
+        match,  but  which  have  a very large number of possibilities in their
-        search  trees.  The  classic  example  is  the  use of nested unlimited
+        search trees. The classic  example  is  the  use  of  nested  unlimited
         repeats.
-        Internally, PCRE uses a function called match() which it calls  repeat-
+        Internally,  PCRE uses a function called match() which it calls repeat-
-        edly  (sometimes  recursively). The limit set by match_limit is imposed
+        edly (sometimes recursively). The limit set by match_limit  is  imposed
-        on the number of times this function is called during  a  match,  which
+        on  the  number  of times this function is called during a match, which
-        has  the  effect  of  limiting the amount of backtracking that can take
+        has the effect of limiting the amount of  backtracking  that  can  take
         place. For patterns that are not anchored, the count restarts from zero
         for each position in the subject string.
-        The  default  value  for  the  limit can be set when PCRE is built; the
+        The default value for the limit can be set  when  PCRE  is  built;  the
-        default default is 10 million, which handles all but the  most  extreme
+        default  default  is 10 million, which handles all but the most extreme
-        cases.  You  can  override  the  default by suppling pcre_exec() with a
+        cases. You can override the default  by  suppling  pcre_exec()  with  a
-        pcre_extra    block    in    which    match_limit    is    set,     and
+        pcre_extra     block    in    which    match_limit    is    set,    and
-        PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT  is  set  in  the  flags  field. If the limit is
+        PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT is set in the  flags  field.  If  the  limit  is
         exceeded, pcre_exec() returns PCRE_ERROR_MATCHLIMIT.
-        The match_limit_recursion field is similar to match_limit, but  instead
+        The  match_limit_recursion field is similar to match_limit, but instead
         of limiting the total number of times that match() is called, it limits
-        the depth of recursion. The recursion depth is a  smaller  number  than
+        the  depth  of  recursion. The recursion depth is a smaller number than
-        the  total number of calls, because not all calls to match() are recur-
+        the total number of calls, because not all calls to match() are  recur-
         sive.  This limit is of use only if it is set smaller than match_limit.
-        Limiting  the  recursion  depth  limits the amount of stack that can be
+        Limiting the recursion depth limits the amount of  stack  that  can  be
         used, or, when PCRE has been compiled to use memory on the heap instead
         of the stack, the amount of heap memory that can be used.
-        The  default  value  for  match_limit_recursion can be set when PCRE is
+        The default value for match_limit_recursion can be  set  when  PCRE  is
-        built; the default default  is  the  same  value  as  the  default  for
+        built;  the  default  default  is  the  same  value  as the default for
-        match_limit.  You can override the default by suppling pcre_exec() with
+        match_limit. You can override the default by suppling pcre_exec()  with
-        a  pcre_extra  block  in  which  match_limit_recursion  is   set,   and
+        a   pcre_extra   block  in  which  match_limit_recursion  is  set,  and
-        PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION  is  set  in  the  flags field. If the
+        PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION is set in  the  flags  field.  If  the
         limit is exceeded, pcre_exec() returns PCRE_ERROR_RECURSIONLIMIT.
-        The pcre_callout field is used in conjunction with the  "callout"  fea-
+        The  pcre_callout  field is used in conjunction with the "callout" fea-
         ture, which is described in the pcrecallout documentation.
-        The  tables  field  is  used  to  pass  a  character  tables pointer to
+        The tables field  is  used  to  pass  a  character  tables  pointer  to
-        pcre_exec(); this overrides the value that is stored with the  compiled
+        pcre_exec();  this overrides the value that is stored with the compiled
-        pattern.  A  non-NULL value is stored with the compiled pattern only if
+        pattern. A non-NULL value is stored with the compiled pattern  only  if
-        custom tables were supplied to pcre_compile() via  its  tableptr  argu-
+        custom  tables  were  supplied to pcre_compile() via its tableptr argu-
         ment.  If NULL is passed to pcre_exec() using this mechanism, it forces
-        PCRE's internal tables to be used. This facility is  helpful  when  re-
+        PCRE's  internal  tables  to be used. This facility is helpful when re-
-        using  patterns  that  have been saved after compiling with an external
+        using patterns that have been saved after compiling  with  an  external
-        set of tables, because the external tables  might  be  at  a  different
+        set  of  tables,  because  the  external tables might be at a different
-        address  when  pcre_exec() is called. See the pcreprecompile documenta-
+        address when pcre_exec() is called. See the  pcreprecompile  documenta-
         tion for a discussion of saving compiled patterns for later use.
     Option bits for pcre_exec()
-        The unused bits of the options argument for pcre_exec() must  be  zero.
+        The  unused  bits of the options argument for pcre_exec() must be zero.
-        The  only  bits  that  may  be set are PCRE_ANCHORED, PCRE_NEWLINE_xxx,
+        The only bits that may  be  set  are  PCRE_ANCHORED,  PCRE_NEWLINE_xxx,
         PCRE_NOTBOL,   PCRE_NOTEOL,   PCRE_NOTEMPTY,   PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK   and
         PCRE_PARTIAL.
           PCRE_ANCHORED
-        The  PCRE_ANCHORED  option  limits pcre_exec() to matching at the first
+        The PCRE_ANCHORED option limits pcre_exec() to matching  at  the  first
-        matching position. If a pattern was  compiled  with  PCRE_ANCHORED,  or
+        matching  position.  If  a  pattern was compiled with PCRE_ANCHORED, or
-        turned  out to be anchored by virtue of its contents, it cannot be made
+        turned out to be anchored by virtue of its contents, it cannot be  made
         unachored at matching time.
           PCRE_BSR_ANYCRLF
           PCRE_BSR_UNICODE
         These options (which are mutually exclusive) control what the \R escape
-        sequence  matches.  The choice is either to match only CR, LF, or CRLF,
+        sequence matches. The choice is either to match only CR, LF,  or  CRLF,
-        or to match any Unicode newline sequence. These  options  override  the
+        or  to  match  any Unicode newline sequence. These options override the
         choice that was made or defaulted when the pattern was compiled.
           PCRE_NEWLINE_CR
-Line 1893 
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+Line 1901 
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           PCRE_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF
           PCRE_NEWLINE_ANY
-        These  options  override  the  newline  definition  that  was chosen or
+        These options override  the  newline  definition  that  was  chosen  or
-        defaulted when the pattern was compiled. For details, see the  descrip-
+        defaulted  when the pattern was compiled. For details, see the descrip-
-        tion  of  pcre_compile()  above.  During  matching,  the newline choice
+        tion of pcre_compile()  above.  During  matching,  the  newline  choice
-        affects the behaviour of the dot, circumflex,  and  dollar  metacharac-
+        affects  the  behaviour  of the dot, circumflex, and dollar metacharac-
-        ters.  It may also alter the way the match position is advanced after a
+        ters. It may also alter the way the match position is advanced after  a
         match failure for an unanchored pattern.
-        When PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF, PCRE_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF,  or  PCRE_NEWLINE_ANY  is
+        When  PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF,  PCRE_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF,  or PCRE_NEWLINE_ANY is
-        set,  and a match attempt for an unanchored pattern fails when the cur-
+        set, and a match attempt for an unanchored pattern fails when the  cur-
-        rent position is at a  CRLF  sequence,  and  the  pattern  contains  no
+        rent  position  is  at  a  CRLF  sequence,  and the pattern contains no
-        explicit  matches  for  CR  or  LF  characters,  the  match position is
+        explicit matches for  CR  or  LF  characters,  the  match  position  is
         advanced by two characters instead of one, in other words, to after the
         CRLF.
         The above rule is a compromise that makes the most common cases work as
-        expected. For example, if the  pattern  is  .+A  (and  the  PCRE_DOTALL
+        expected.  For  example,  if  the  pattern  is .+A (and the PCRE_DOTALL
         option is not set), it does not match the string "\r\nA" because, after
-        failing at the start, it skips both the CR and the LF before  retrying.
+        failing  at the start, it skips both the CR and the LF before retrying.
-        However,  the  pattern  [\r\n]A does match that string, because it con-
+        However, the pattern [\r\n]A does match that string,  because  it  con-
         tains an explicit CR or LF reference, and so advances only by one char-
         acter after the first failure.
         An explicit match for CR of LF is either a literal appearance of one of
-        those characters, or one of the \r or  \n  escape  sequences.  Implicit
+        those  characters,  or  one  of the \r or \n escape sequences. Implicit
-        matches  such  as [^X] do not count, nor does \s (which includes CR and
+        matches such as [^X] do not count, nor does \s (which includes  CR  and
         LF in the characters that it matches).
-        Notwithstanding the above, anomalous effects may still occur when  CRLF
+        Notwithstanding  the above, anomalous effects may still occur when CRLF
         is a valid newline sequence and explicit \r or \n escapes appear in the
         pattern.
           PCRE_NOTBOL
         This option specifies that first character of the subject string is not
-        the  beginning  of  a  line, so the circumflex metacharacter should not
+        the beginning of a line, so the  circumflex  metacharacter  should  not
-        match before it. Setting this without PCRE_MULTILINE (at compile  time)
+        match  before it. Setting this without PCRE_MULTILINE (at compile time)
-        causes  circumflex  never to match. This option affects only the behav-
+        causes circumflex never to match. This option affects only  the  behav-
         iour of the circumflex metacharacter. It does not affect \A.
           PCRE_NOTEOL
         This option specifies that the end of the subject string is not the end
-        of  a line, so the dollar metacharacter should not match it nor (except
+        of a line, so the dollar metacharacter should not match it nor  (except
-        in multiline mode) a newline immediately before it. Setting this  with-
+        in  multiline mode) a newline immediately before it. Setting this with-
         out PCRE_MULTILINE (at compile time) causes dollar never to match. This
-        option affects only the behaviour of the dollar metacharacter. It  does
+        option  affects only the behaviour of the dollar metacharacter. It does
         not affect \Z or \z.
           PCRE_NOTEMPTY
         An empty string is not considered to be a valid match if this option is
-        set. If there are alternatives in the pattern, they are tried.  If  all
+        set.  If  there are alternatives in the pattern, they are tried. If all
-        the  alternatives  match  the empty string, the entire match fails. For
+        the alternatives match the empty string, the entire  match  fails.  For
         example, if the pattern
           a?b?
-        is applied to a string not beginning with "a" or "b",  it  matches  the
+        is  applied  to  a string not beginning with "a" or "b", it matches the
-        empty  string at the start of the subject. With PCRE_NOTEMPTY set, this
+        empty string at the start of the subject. With PCRE_NOTEMPTY set,  this
         match is not valid, so PCRE searches further into the string for occur-
         rences of "a" or "b".
         Perl has no direct equivalent of PCRE_NOTEMPTY, but it does make a spe-
-        cial case of a pattern match of the empty  string  within  its  split()
+        cial  case  of  a  pattern match of the empty string within its split()
-        function,  and  when  using  the /g modifier. It is possible to emulate
+        function, and when using the /g modifier. It  is  possible  to  emulate
         Perl's behaviour after matching a null string by first trying the match
         again at the same offset with PCRE_NOTEMPTY and PCRE_ANCHORED, and then
-        if that fails by advancing the starting offset (see below)  and  trying
+        if  that  fails by advancing the starting offset (see below) and trying
         an ordinary match again. There is some code that demonstrates how to do
         this in the pcredemo.c sample program.
           PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK
         When PCRE_UTF8 is set at compile time, the validity of the subject as a
-        UTF-8  string is automatically checked when pcre_exec() is subsequently
+        UTF-8 string is automatically checked when pcre_exec() is  subsequently
-        called.  The value of startoffset is also checked  to  ensure  that  it
+        called.   The  value  of  startoffset is also checked to ensure that it
-        points  to  the start of a UTF-8 character. There is a discussion about
+        points to the start of a UTF-8 character. There is a  discussion  about
-        the validity of UTF-8 strings in the section on UTF-8  support  in  the
+        the  validity  of  UTF-8 strings in the section on UTF-8 support in the
-        main  pcre  page.  If  an  invalid  UTF-8  sequence  of bytes is found,
+        main pcre page. If  an  invalid  UTF-8  sequence  of  bytes  is  found,
-        pcre_exec() returns the error PCRE_ERROR_BADUTF8. If  startoffset  con-
+        pcre_exec()  returns  the error PCRE_ERROR_BADUTF8. If startoffset con-
         tains an invalid value, PCRE_ERROR_BADUTF8_OFFSET is returned.
-        If  you  already  know that your subject is valid, and you want to skip
+        If you already know that your subject is valid, and you  want  to  skip
-        these   checks   for   performance   reasons,   you   can    set    the
+        these    checks    for   performance   reasons,   you   can   set   the
-        PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK  option  when calling pcre_exec(). You might want to
+        PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK option when calling pcre_exec(). You might  want  to
-        do this for the second and subsequent calls to pcre_exec() if  you  are
+        do  this  for the second and subsequent calls to pcre_exec() if you are
-        making  repeated  calls  to  find  all  the matches in a single subject
+        making repeated calls to find all  the  matches  in  a  single  subject
-        string. However, you should be  sure  that  the  value  of  startoffset
+        string.  However,  you  should  be  sure  that the value of startoffset
-        points  to  the  start of a UTF-8 character. When PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK is
+        points to the start of a UTF-8 character.  When  PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK  is
-        set, the effect of passing an invalid UTF-8 string as a subject,  or  a
+        set,  the  effect of passing an invalid UTF-8 string as a subject, or a
-        value  of startoffset that does not point to the start of a UTF-8 char-
+        value of startoffset that does not point to the start of a UTF-8  char-
         acter, is undefined. Your program may crash.
           PCRE_PARTIAL
-        This option turns on the  partial  matching  feature.  If  the  subject
+        This  option  turns  on  the  partial  matching feature. If the subject
-        string  fails to match the pattern, but at some point during the match-
+        string fails to match the pattern, but at some point during the  match-
-        ing process the end of the subject was reached (that  is,  the  subject
+        ing  process  the  end of the subject was reached (that is, the subject
-        partially  matches  the  pattern and the failure to match occurred only
+        partially matches the pattern and the failure to  match  occurred  only
-        because there were not enough subject characters), pcre_exec()  returns
+        because  there were not enough subject characters), pcre_exec() returns
-        PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL  instead of PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH. When PCRE_PARTIAL is
+        PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL instead of PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH. When PCRE_PARTIAL  is
-        used, there are restrictions on what may appear in the  pattern.  These
+        used,  there  are restrictions on what may appear in the pattern. These
         are discussed in the pcrepartial documentation.
     The string to be matched by pcre_exec()
-        The  subject string is passed to pcre_exec() as a pointer in subject, a
+        The subject string is passed to pcre_exec() as a pointer in subject,  a
-        length in length, and a starting byte offset in startoffset.  In  UTF-8
+        length  in  length, and a starting byte offset in startoffset. In UTF-8
-        mode,  the  byte  offset  must point to the start of a UTF-8 character.
+        mode, the byte offset must point to the start  of  a  UTF-8  character.
-        Unlike the pattern string, the subject may contain binary  zero  bytes.
+        Unlike  the  pattern string, the subject may contain binary zero bytes.
-        When  the starting offset is zero, the search for a match starts at the
+        When the starting offset is zero, the search for a match starts at  the
         beginning of the subject, and this is by far the most common case.
-        A non-zero starting offset is useful when searching for  another  match
+        A  non-zero  starting offset is useful when searching for another match
-        in  the same subject by calling pcre_exec() again after a previous suc-
+        in the same subject by calling pcre_exec() again after a previous  suc-
-        cess.  Setting startoffset differs from just passing over  a  shortened
+        cess.   Setting  startoffset differs from just passing over a shortened
-        string  and  setting  PCRE_NOTBOL  in the case of a pattern that begins
+        string and setting PCRE_NOTBOL in the case of  a  pattern  that  begins
         with any kind of lookbehind. For example, consider the pattern
           \Biss\B
-        which finds occurrences of "iss" in the middle of  words.  (\B  matches
+        which  finds  occurrences  of "iss" in the middle of words. (\B matches
-        only  if  the  current position in the subject is not a word boundary.)
+        only if the current position in the subject is not  a  word  boundary.)
-        When applied to the string "Mississipi" the first call  to  pcre_exec()
+        When  applied  to the string "Mississipi" the first call to pcre_exec()
-        finds  the  first  occurrence. If pcre_exec() is called again with just
+        finds the first occurrence. If pcre_exec() is called  again  with  just
-        the remainder of the subject,  namely  "issipi",  it  does  not  match,
+        the  remainder  of  the  subject,  namely  "issipi", it does not match,
         because \B is always false at the start of the subject, which is deemed
-        to be a word boundary. However, if pcre_exec()  is  passed  the  entire
+        to  be  a  word  boundary. However, if pcre_exec() is passed the entire
         string again, but with startoffset set to 4, it finds the second occur-
-        rence of "iss" because it is able to look behind the starting point  to
+        rence  of "iss" because it is able to look behind the starting point to
         discover that it is preceded by a letter.
-        If  a  non-zero starting offset is passed when the pattern is anchored,
+        If a non-zero starting offset is passed when the pattern  is  anchored,
         one attempt to match at the given offset is made. This can only succeed
-        if  the  pattern  does  not require the match to be at the start of the
+        if the pattern does not require the match to be at  the  start  of  the
         subject.
     How pcre_exec() returns captured substrings
-        In general, a pattern matches a certain portion of the subject, and  in
+        In  general, a pattern matches a certain portion of the subject, and in
-        addition,  further  substrings  from  the  subject may be picked out by
+        addition, further substrings from the subject  may  be  picked  out  by
-        parts of the pattern. Following the usage  in  Jeffrey  Friedl's  book,
+        parts  of  the  pattern.  Following the usage in Jeffrey Friedl's book,
-        this  is  called "capturing" in what follows, and the phrase "capturing
+        this is called "capturing" in what follows, and the  phrase  "capturing
-        subpattern" is used for a fragment of a pattern that picks out  a  sub-
+        subpattern"  is  used for a fragment of a pattern that picks out a sub-
-        string.  PCRE  supports several other kinds of parenthesized subpattern
+        string. PCRE supports several other kinds of  parenthesized  subpattern
         that do not cause substrings to be captured.
-        Captured substrings are returned to the caller via a vector of  integer
+        Captured  substrings are returned to the caller via a vector of integer
-        offsets  whose  address is passed in ovector. The number of elements in
+        offsets whose address is passed in ovector. The number of  elements  in
-        the vector is passed in ovecsize, which must be a non-negative  number.
+        the  vector is passed in ovecsize, which must be a non-negative number.
         Note: this argument is NOT the size of ovector in bytes.
-        The  first  two-thirds of the vector is used to pass back captured sub-
+        The first two-thirds of the vector is used to pass back  captured  sub-
-        strings, each substring using a pair of integers. The  remaining  third
+        strings,  each  substring using a pair of integers. The remaining third
-        of  the  vector is used as workspace by pcre_exec() while matching cap-
+        of the vector is used as workspace by pcre_exec() while  matching  cap-
-        turing subpatterns, and is not available for passing back  information.
+        turing  subpatterns, and is not available for passing back information.
-        The  length passed in ovecsize should always be a multiple of three. If
+        The length passed in ovecsize should always be a multiple of three.  If
         it is not, it is rounded down.
-        When a match is successful, information about  captured  substrings  is
+        When  a  match  is successful, information about captured substrings is
-        returned  in  pairs  of integers, starting at the beginning of ovector,
+        returned in pairs of integers, starting at the  beginning  of  ovector,
-        and continuing up to two-thirds of its length at the  most.  The  first
+        and  continuing  up  to two-thirds of its length at the most. The first
         element of a pair is set to the offset of the first character in a sub-
-        string, and the second is set to the  offset  of  the  first  character
+        string,  and  the  second  is  set to the offset of the first character
-        after  the  end  of  a  substring. The first pair, ovector[0] and ovec-
+        after the end of a substring. The  first  pair,  ovector[0]  and  ovec-
-        tor[1], identify the portion of  the  subject  string  matched  by  the
+        tor[1],  identify  the  portion  of  the  subject string matched by the
-        entire  pattern.  The next pair is used for the first capturing subpat-
+        entire pattern. The next pair is used for the first  capturing  subpat-
         tern, and so on. The value returned by pcre_exec() is one more than the
         highest numbered pair that has been set. For example, if two substrings
-        have been captured, the returned value is 3. If there are no  capturing
+        have  been captured, the returned value is 3. If there are no capturing
-        subpatterns,  the return value from a successful match is 1, indicating
+        subpatterns, the return value from a successful match is 1,  indicating
         that just the first pair of offsets has been set.
         If a capturing subpattern is matched repeatedly, it is the last portion
         of the string that it matched that is returned.
-        If  the vector is too small to hold all the captured substring offsets,
+        If the vector is too small to hold all the captured substring  offsets,
         it is used as far as possible (up to two-thirds of its length), and the
-        function  returns a value of zero. In particular, if the substring off-
+        function returns a value of zero. In particular, if the substring  off-
         sets are not of interest, pcre_exec() may be called with ovector passed
-        as  NULL  and  ovecsize  as zero. However, if the pattern contains back
+        as NULL and ovecsize as zero. However, if  the  pattern  contains  back
-        references and the ovector is not big enough to  remember  the  related
+        references  and  the  ovector is not big enough to remember the related
-        substrings,  PCRE has to get additional memory for use during matching.
+        substrings, PCRE has to get additional memory for use during  matching.
         Thus it is usually advisable to supply an ovector.
-        The pcre_info() function can be used to find  out  how  many  capturing
+        The  pcre_info()  function  can  be used to find out how many capturing
-        subpatterns  there  are  in  a  compiled pattern. The smallest size for
+        subpatterns there are in a compiled  pattern.  The  smallest  size  for
-        ovector that will allow for n captured substrings, in addition  to  the
+        ovector  that  will allow for n captured substrings, in addition to the
         offsets of the substring matched by the whole pattern, is (n+1)*3.
-        It  is  possible for capturing subpattern number n+1 to match some part
+        It is possible for capturing subpattern number n+1 to match  some  part
         of the subject when subpattern n has not been used at all. For example,
-        if  the  string  "abc"  is  matched against the pattern (a|(z))(bc) the
+        if the string "abc" is matched  against  the  pattern  (a|(z))(bc)  the
         return from the function is 4, and subpatterns 1 and 3 are matched, but
- is  not.  When  this happens, both values in the offset pairs corre-
+is not. When this happens, both values in  the  offset  pairs  corre-
         sponding to unused subpatterns are set to -1.
-        Offset values that correspond to unused subpatterns at the end  of  the
+        Offset  values  that correspond to unused subpatterns at the end of the
-        expression  are  also  set  to  -1. For example, if the string "abc" is
+        expression are also set to -1. For example,  if  the  string  "abc"  is
-        matched against the pattern (abc)(x(yz)?)? subpatterns 2 and 3 are  not
+        matched  against the pattern (abc)(x(yz)?)? subpatterns 2 and 3 are not
-        matched.  The  return  from the function is 2, because the highest used
+        matched. The return from the function is 2, because  the  highest  used
         capturing subpattern number is 1. However, you can refer to the offsets
-        for  the  second  and third capturing subpatterns if you wish (assuming
+        for the second and third capturing subpatterns if  you  wish  (assuming
         the vector is large enough, of course).
-        Some convenience functions are provided  for  extracting  the  captured
+        Some  convenience  functions  are  provided for extracting the captured
         substrings as separate strings. These are described below.
     Error return values from pcre_exec()
-        If  pcre_exec()  fails, it returns a negative number. The following are
+        If pcre_exec() fails, it returns a negative number. The  following  are
         defined in the header file:
           PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH        (-1)
-Line 2112 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE TRADITIONAL FUNC
+Line 2120 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE TRADITIONAL FUNC
           PCRE_ERROR_NULL           (-2)
-        Either code or subject was passed as NULL,  or  ovector  was  NULL  and
+        Either  code  or  subject  was  passed as NULL, or ovector was NULL and
         ovecsize was not zero.
           PCRE_ERROR_BADOPTION      (-3)
-Line 2121 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE TRADITIONAL FUNC
+Line 2129 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE TRADITIONAL FUNC
           PCRE_ERROR_BADMAGIC       (-4)
-        PCRE  stores a 4-byte "magic number" at the start of the compiled code,
+        PCRE stores a 4-byte "magic number" at the start of the compiled  code,
         to catch the case when it is passed a junk pointer and to detect when a
         pattern that was compiled in an environment of one endianness is run in
-        an environment with the other endianness. This is the error  that  PCRE
+        an  environment  with the other endianness. This is the error that PCRE
         gives when the magic number is not present.
           PCRE_ERROR_UNKNOWN_OPCODE (-5)
         While running the pattern match, an unknown item was encountered in the
-        compiled pattern. This error could be caused by a bug  in  PCRE  or  by
+        compiled  pattern.  This  error  could be caused by a bug in PCRE or by
         overwriting of the compiled pattern.
           PCRE_ERROR_NOMEMORY       (-6)
-        If  a  pattern contains back references, but the ovector that is passed
+        If a pattern contains back references, but the ovector that  is  passed
         to pcre_exec() is not big enough to remember the referenced substrings,
-        PCRE  gets  a  block of memory at the start of matching to use for this
+        PCRE gets a block of memory at the start of matching to  use  for  this
-        purpose. If the call via pcre_malloc() fails, this error is given.  The
+        purpose.  If the call via pcre_malloc() fails, this error is given. The
         memory is automatically freed at the end of matching.
           PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING    (-7)
-        This  error is used by the pcre_copy_substring(), pcre_get_substring(),
+        This error is used by the pcre_copy_substring(),  pcre_get_substring(),
         and  pcre_get_substring_list()  functions  (see  below).  It  is  never
         returned by pcre_exec().
           PCRE_ERROR_MATCHLIMIT     (-8)
-        The  backtracking  limit,  as  specified  by the match_limit field in a
+        The backtracking limit, as specified by  the  match_limit  field  in  a
-        pcre_extra structure (or defaulted) was reached.  See  the  description
+        pcre_extra  structure  (or  defaulted) was reached. See the description
         above.
           PCRE_ERROR_CALLOUT        (-9)
         This error is never generated by pcre_exec() itself. It is provided for
-        use by callout functions that want to yield a distinctive  error  code.
+        use  by  callout functions that want to yield a distinctive error code.
         See the pcrecallout documentation for details.
           PCRE_ERROR_BADUTF8        (-10)
-        A  string  that contains an invalid UTF-8 byte sequence was passed as a
+        A string that contains an invalid UTF-8 byte sequence was passed  as  a
         subject.
           PCRE_ERROR_BADUTF8_OFFSET (-11)
         The UTF-8 byte sequence that was passed as a subject was valid, but the
-        value  of startoffset did not point to the beginning of a UTF-8 charac-
+        value of startoffset did not point to the beginning of a UTF-8  charac-
         ter.
           PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL        (-12)
-        The subject string did not match, but it did match partially.  See  the
+        The  subject  string did not match, but it did match partially. See the
         pcrepartial documentation for details of partial matching.
           PCRE_ERROR_BADPARTIAL     (-13)
-        The  PCRE_PARTIAL  option  was  used with a compiled pattern containing
+        The PCRE_PARTIAL option was used with  a  compiled  pattern  containing
-        items that are not supported for partial matching. See the  pcrepartial
+        items  that are not supported for partial matching. See the pcrepartial
         documentation for details of partial matching.
           PCRE_ERROR_INTERNAL       (-14)
-        An  unexpected  internal error has occurred. This error could be caused
+        An unexpected internal error has occurred. This error could  be  caused
         by a bug in PCRE or by overwriting of the compiled pattern.
           PCRE_ERROR_BADCOUNT       (-15)
-        This error is given if the value of the ovecsize argument is  negative.
+        This  error is given if the value of the ovecsize argument is negative.
           PCRE_ERROR_RECURSIONLIMIT (-21)
         The internal recursion limit, as specified by the match_limit_recursion
-        field in a pcre_extra structure (or defaulted)  was  reached.  See  the
+        field  in  a  pcre_extra  structure (or defaulted) was reached. See the
         description above.
           PCRE_ERROR_BADNEWLINE     (-23)
-Line 2216 
 EXTRACTING CAPTURED SUBSTRINGS BY NUMBER
+Line 2224 
 EXTRACTING CAPTURED SUBSTRINGS BY NUMBER
         int pcre_get_substring_list(const char *subject,
              int *ovector, int stringcount, const char ***listptr);
-        Captured  substrings  can  be  accessed  directly  by using the offsets
+        Captured substrings can be  accessed  directly  by  using  the  offsets
-        returned by pcre_exec() in  ovector.  For  convenience,  the  functions
+        returned  by  pcre_exec()  in  ovector.  For convenience, the functions
         pcre_copy_substring(),    pcre_get_substring(),    and    pcre_get_sub-
-        string_list() are provided for extracting captured substrings  as  new,
+        string_list()  are  provided for extracting captured substrings as new,
-        separate,  zero-terminated strings. These functions identify substrings
+        separate, zero-terminated strings. These functions identify  substrings
-        by number. The next section describes functions  for  extracting  named
+        by  number.  The  next section describes functions for extracting named
         substrings.
-        A  substring that contains a binary zero is correctly extracted and has
+        A substring that contains a binary zero is correctly extracted and  has
-        a further zero added on the end, but the result is not, of course, a  C
+        a  further zero added on the end, but the result is not, of course, a C
-        string.   However,  you  can  process such a string by referring to the
+        string.  However, you can process such a string  by  referring  to  the
-        length that is  returned  by  pcre_copy_substring()  and  pcre_get_sub-
+        length  that  is  returned  by  pcre_copy_substring() and pcre_get_sub-
         string().  Unfortunately, the interface to pcre_get_substring_list() is
-        not adequate for handling strings containing binary zeros, because  the
+        not  adequate for handling strings containing binary zeros, because the
         end of the final string is not independently indicated.
-        The  first  three  arguments  are the same for all three of these func-
+        The first three arguments are the same for all  three  of  these  func-
-        tions: subject is the subject string that has  just  been  successfully
+        tions:  subject  is  the subject string that has just been successfully
         matched, ovector is a pointer to the vector of integer offsets that was
         passed to pcre_exec(), and stringcount is the number of substrings that
-        were  captured  by  the match, including the substring that matched the
+        were captured by the match, including the substring  that  matched  the
         entire regular expression. This is the value returned by pcre_exec() if
-        it  is greater than zero. If pcre_exec() returned zero, indicating that
+        it is greater than zero. If pcre_exec() returned zero, indicating  that
-        it ran out of space in ovector, the value passed as stringcount  should
+        it  ran out of space in ovector, the value passed as stringcount should
         be the number of elements in the vector divided by three.
-        The  functions pcre_copy_substring() and pcre_get_substring() extract a
+        The functions pcre_copy_substring() and pcre_get_substring() extract  a
-        single substring, whose number is given as  stringnumber.  A  value  of
+        single  substring,  whose  number  is given as stringnumber. A value of
-        zero  extracts  the  substring that matched the entire pattern, whereas
+        zero extracts the substring that matched the  entire  pattern,  whereas
-        higher values  extract  the  captured  substrings.  For  pcre_copy_sub-
+        higher  values  extract  the  captured  substrings.  For pcre_copy_sub-
-        string(),  the  string  is  placed  in buffer, whose length is given by
+        string(), the string is placed in buffer,  whose  length  is  given  by
-        buffersize, while for pcre_get_substring() a new  block  of  memory  is
+        buffersize,  while  for  pcre_get_substring()  a new block of memory is
-        obtained  via  pcre_malloc,  and its address is returned via stringptr.
+        obtained via pcre_malloc, and its address is  returned  via  stringptr.
-        The yield of the function is the length of the  string,  not  including
+        The  yield  of  the function is the length of the string, not including
         the terminating zero, or one of these error codes:
           PCRE_ERROR_NOMEMORY       (-6)
-        The  buffer  was too small for pcre_copy_substring(), or the attempt to
+        The buffer was too small for pcre_copy_substring(), or the  attempt  to
         get memory failed for pcre_get_substring().
           PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING    (-7)
         There is no substring whose number is stringnumber.
-        The pcre_get_substring_list()  function  extracts  all  available  sub-
+        The  pcre_get_substring_list()  function  extracts  all  available sub-
-        strings  and  builds  a list of pointers to them. All this is done in a
+        strings and builds a list of pointers to them. All this is  done  in  a
         single block of memory that is obtained via pcre_malloc. The address of
-        the  memory  block  is returned via listptr, which is also the start of
+        the memory block is returned via listptr, which is also  the  start  of
-        the list of string pointers. The end of the list is marked  by  a  NULL
+        the  list  of  string pointers. The end of the list is marked by a NULL
-        pointer.  The  yield  of  the function is zero if all went well, or the
+        pointer. The yield of the function is zero if all  went  well,  or  the
         error code
           PCRE_ERROR_NOMEMORY       (-6)
         if the attempt to get the memory block failed.
-        When any of these functions encounter a substring that is unset,  which
+        When  any of these functions encounter a substring that is unset, which
-        can  happen  when  capturing subpattern number n+1 matches some part of
+        can happen when capturing subpattern number n+1 matches  some  part  of
-        the subject, but subpattern n has not been used at all, they return  an
+        the  subject, but subpattern n has not been used at all, they return an
         empty string. This can be distinguished from a genuine zero-length sub-
-        string by inspecting the appropriate offset in ovector, which is  nega-
+        string  by inspecting the appropriate offset in ovector, which is nega-
         tive for unset substrings.
-        The  two convenience functions pcre_free_substring() and pcre_free_sub-
+        The two convenience functions pcre_free_substring() and  pcre_free_sub-
-        string_list() can be used to free the memory  returned  by  a  previous
+        string_list()  can  be  used  to free the memory returned by a previous
         call  of  pcre_get_substring()  or  pcre_get_substring_list(),  respec-
-        tively. They do nothing more than  call  the  function  pointed  to  by
+        tively.  They  do  nothing  more  than  call the function pointed to by
-        pcre_free,  which  of course could be called directly from a C program.
+        pcre_free, which of course could be called directly from a  C  program.
-        However, PCRE is used in some situations where it is linked via a  spe-
+        However,  PCRE is used in some situations where it is linked via a spe-
-        cial   interface  to  another  programming  language  that  cannot  use
+        cial  interface  to  another  programming  language  that  cannot   use
-        pcre_free directly; it is for these cases that the functions  are  pro-
+        pcre_free  directly;  it is for these cases that the functions are pro-
         vided.
-Line 2306 
 EXTRACTING CAPTURED SUBSTRINGS BY NAME
+Line 2314 
 EXTRACTING CAPTURED SUBSTRINGS BY NAME
              int stringcount, const char *stringname,
              const char **stringptr);
-        To  extract a substring by name, you first have to find associated num-
+        To extract a substring by name, you first have to find associated  num-
         ber.  For example, for this pattern
           (a+)b(?<xxx>\d+)...
-Line 2315 
 EXTRACTING CAPTURED SUBSTRINGS BY NAME
+Line 2323 
 EXTRACTING CAPTURED SUBSTRINGS BY NAME
         be unique (PCRE_DUPNAMES was not set), you can find the number from the
         name by calling pcre_get_stringnumber(). The first argument is the com-
         piled pattern, and the second is the name. The yield of the function is
-        the subpattern number, or PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING (-7) if  there  is  no
+        the  subpattern  number,  or PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING (-7) if there is no
         subpattern of that name.
         Given the number, you can extract the substring directly, or use one of
         the functions described in the previous section. For convenience, there
         are also two functions that do the whole job.
-        Most    of    the    arguments   of   pcre_copy_named_substring()   and
+        Most   of   the   arguments    of    pcre_copy_named_substring()    and
-        pcre_get_named_substring() are the same  as  those  for  the  similarly
+        pcre_get_named_substring()  are  the  same  as  those for the similarly
-        named  functions  that extract by number. As these are described in the
+        named functions that extract by number. As these are described  in  the
-        previous section, they are not re-described here. There  are  just  two
+        previous  section,  they  are not re-described here. There are just two
         differences:
-        First,  instead  of a substring number, a substring name is given. Sec-
+        First, instead of a substring number, a substring name is  given.  Sec-
         ond, there is an extra argument, given at the start, which is a pointer
-        to  the compiled pattern. This is needed in order to gain access to the
+        to the compiled pattern. This is needed in order to gain access to  the
         name-to-number translation table.
-        These functions call pcre_get_stringnumber(), and if it succeeds,  they
+        These  functions call pcre_get_stringnumber(), and if it succeeds, they
-        then  call  pcre_copy_substring() or pcre_get_substring(), as appropri-
+        then call pcre_copy_substring() or pcre_get_substring(),  as  appropri-
-        ate. NOTE: If PCRE_DUPNAMES is set and there are duplicate  names,  the
+        ate.  NOTE:  If PCRE_DUPNAMES is set and there are duplicate names, the
         behaviour may not be what you want (see the next section).
-Line 2344 
 DUPLICATE SUBPATTERN NAMES
+Line 2352 
 DUPLICATE SUBPATTERN NAMES
         int pcre_get_stringtable_entries(const pcre *code,
              const char *name, char **first, char **last);
-        When  a  pattern  is  compiled with the PCRE_DUPNAMES option, names for
+        When a pattern is compiled with the  PCRE_DUPNAMES  option,  names  for
-        subpatterns are not required to  be  unique.  Normally,  patterns  with
+        subpatterns  are  not  required  to  be unique. Normally, patterns with
-        duplicate  names  are such that in any one match, only one of the named
+        duplicate names are such that in any one match, only one of  the  named
-        subpatterns participates. An example is shown in the pcrepattern  docu-
+        subpatterns  participates. An example is shown in the pcrepattern docu-
         mentation.
-        When    duplicates   are   present,   pcre_copy_named_substring()   and
+        When   duplicates   are   present,   pcre_copy_named_substring()    and
-        pcre_get_named_substring() return the first substring corresponding  to
+        pcre_get_named_substring()  return the first substring corresponding to
-        the  given  name  that  is set. If none are set, PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING
+        the given name that is set. If  none  are  set,  PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING
-        (-7) is returned; no  data  is  returned.  The  pcre_get_stringnumber()
+        (-7)  is  returned;  no  data  is returned. The pcre_get_stringnumber()
-        function  returns one of the numbers that are associated with the name,
+        function returns one of the numbers that are associated with the  name,
         but it is not defined which it is.
-        If you want to get full details of all captured substrings for a  given
+        If  you want to get full details of all captured substrings for a given
-        name,  you  must  use  the pcre_get_stringtable_entries() function. The
+        name, you must use  the  pcre_get_stringtable_entries()  function.  The
         first argument is the compiled pattern, and the second is the name. The
-        third  and  fourth  are  pointers to variables which are updated by the
+        third and fourth are pointers to variables which  are  updated  by  the
         function. After it has run, they point to the first and last entries in
-        the  name-to-number  table  for  the  given  name.  The function itself
+        the name-to-number table  for  the  given  name.  The  function  itself
-        returns the length of each entry,  or  PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING  (-7)  if
+        returns  the  length  of  each entry, or PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING (-7) if
-        there  are none. The format of the table is described above in the sec-
+        there are none. The format of the table is described above in the  sec-
-        tion entitled Information about a  pattern.   Given  all  the  relevant
+        tion  entitled  Information  about  a  pattern.  Given all the relevant
-        entries  for the name, you can extract each of their numbers, and hence
+        entries for the name, you can extract each of their numbers, and  hence
         the captured data, if any.
  FINDING ALL POSSIBLE MATCHES
-        The traditional matching function uses a  similar  algorithm  to  Perl,
+        The  traditional  matching  function  uses a similar algorithm to Perl,
         which stops when it finds the first match, starting at a given point in
-        the subject. If you want to find all possible matches, or  the  longest
+        the  subject.  If you want to find all possible matches, or the longest
-        possible  match,  consider using the alternative matching function (see
+        possible match, consider using the alternative matching  function  (see
-        below) instead. If you cannot use the alternative function,  but  still
+        below)  instead.  If you cannot use the alternative function, but still
-        need  to  find all possible matches, you can kludge it up by making use
+        need to find all possible matches, you can kludge it up by  making  use
         of the callout facility, which is described in the pcrecallout documen-
         tation.
         What you have to do is to insert a callout right at the end of the pat-
-        tern.  When your callout function is called, extract and save the  cur-
+        tern.   When your callout function is called, extract and save the cur-
-        rent  matched  substring.  Then  return  1, which forces pcre_exec() to
+        rent matched substring. Then return  1,  which  forces  pcre_exec()  to
-        backtrack and try other alternatives. Ultimately, when it runs  out  of
+        backtrack  and  try other alternatives. Ultimately, when it runs out of
         matches, pcre_exec() will yield PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH.
-Line 2395 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE ALTERNATIVE FUNC
+Line 2403 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE ALTERNATIVE FUNC
              int options, int *ovector, int ovecsize,
              int *workspace, int wscount);
-        The  function  pcre_dfa_exec()  is  called  to  match  a subject string
+        The function pcre_dfa_exec()  is  called  to  match  a  subject  string
-        against a compiled pattern, using a matching algorithm that  scans  the
+        against  a  compiled pattern, using a matching algorithm that scans the
-        subject  string  just  once, and does not backtrack. This has different
+        subject string just once, and does not backtrack.  This  has  different
-        characteristics to the normal algorithm, and  is  not  compatible  with
+        characteristics  to  the  normal  algorithm, and is not compatible with
-        Perl.  Some  of the features of PCRE patterns are not supported. Never-
+        Perl. Some of the features of PCRE patterns are not  supported.  Never-
-        theless, there are times when this kind of matching can be useful.  For
+        theless,  there are times when this kind of matching can be useful. For
         a discussion of the two matching algorithms, see the pcrematching docu-
         mentation.
-        The arguments for the pcre_dfa_exec() function  are  the  same  as  for
+        The  arguments  for  the  pcre_dfa_exec()  function are the same as for
         pcre_exec(), plus two extras. The ovector argument is used in a differ-
-        ent way, and this is described below. The other  common  arguments  are
+        ent  way,  and  this is described below. The other common arguments are
-        used  in  the  same way as for pcre_exec(), so their description is not
+        used in the same way as for pcre_exec(), so their  description  is  not
         repeated here.
-        The two additional arguments provide workspace for  the  function.  The
+        The  two  additional  arguments provide workspace for the function. The
-        workspace  vector  should  contain at least 20 elements. It is used for
+        workspace vector should contain at least 20 elements. It  is  used  for
         keeping  track  of  multiple  paths  through  the  pattern  tree.  More
-        workspace  will  be  needed for patterns and subjects where there are a
+        workspace will be needed for patterns and subjects where  there  are  a
         lot of potential matches.
         Here is an example of a simple call to pcre_dfa_exec():
-Line 2435 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE ALTERNATIVE FUNC
+Line 2443 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE ALTERNATIVE FUNC
     Option bits for pcre_dfa_exec()
-        The unused bits of the options argument  for  pcre_dfa_exec()  must  be
+        The  unused  bits  of  the options argument for pcre_dfa_exec() must be
-        zero.  The  only  bits  that  may  be  set are PCRE_ANCHORED, PCRE_NEW-
+        zero. The only bits  that  may  be  set  are  PCRE_ANCHORED,  PCRE_NEW-
-        LINE_xxx, PCRE_NOTBOL, PCRE_NOTEOL, PCRE_NOTEMPTY,  PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK,
+        LINE_xxx,  PCRE_NOTBOL, PCRE_NOTEOL, PCRE_NOTEMPTY, PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK,
         PCRE_PARTIAL, PCRE_DFA_SHORTEST, and PCRE_DFA_RESTART. All but the last
         three of these are the same as for pcre_exec(), so their description is
         not repeated here.
           PCRE_PARTIAL
-        This  has  the  same general effect as it does for pcre_exec(), but the
+        This has the same general effect as it does for  pcre_exec(),  but  the
-        details  are  slightly  different.  When  PCRE_PARTIAL   is   set   for
+        details   are   slightly   different.  When  PCRE_PARTIAL  is  set  for
-        pcre_dfa_exec(),  the  return code PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH is converted into
+        pcre_dfa_exec(), the return code PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH is  converted  into
-        PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL if the end of the subject  is  reached,  there  have
+        PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL  if  the  end  of the subject is reached, there have
         been no complete matches, but there is still at least one matching pos-
-        sibility. The portion of the string that provided the partial match  is
+        sibility.  The portion of the string that provided the partial match is
         set as the first matching string.
           PCRE_DFA_SHORTEST
-        Setting  the  PCRE_DFA_SHORTEST option causes the matching algorithm to
+        Setting the PCRE_DFA_SHORTEST option causes the matching  algorithm  to
         stop as soon as it has found one match. Because of the way the alterna-
-        tive  algorithm  works, this is necessarily the shortest possible match
+        tive algorithm works, this is necessarily the shortest  possible  match
         at the first possible matching point in the subject string.
           PCRE_DFA_RESTART
-        When pcre_dfa_exec()  is  called  with  the  PCRE_PARTIAL  option,  and
+        When  pcre_dfa_exec()  is  called  with  the  PCRE_PARTIAL  option, and
-        returns  a  partial  match, it is possible to call it again, with addi-
+        returns a partial match, it is possible to call it  again,  with  addi-
-        tional subject characters, and have it continue with  the  same  match.
+        tional  subject  characters,  and have it continue with the same match.
-        The  PCRE_DFA_RESTART  option requests this action; when it is set, the
+        The PCRE_DFA_RESTART option requests this action; when it is  set,  the
-        workspace and wscount options must reference the same vector as  before
+        workspace  and wscount options must reference the same vector as before
-        because  data  about  the  match so far is left in them after a partial
+        because data about the match so far is left in  them  after  a  partial
-        match. There is more discussion of this  facility  in  the  pcrepartial
+        match.  There  is  more  discussion of this facility in the pcrepartial
         documentation.
     Successful returns from pcre_dfa_exec()
-        When  pcre_dfa_exec()  succeeds, it may have matched more than one sub-
+        When pcre_dfa_exec() succeeds, it may have matched more than  one  sub-
         string in the subject. Note, however, that all the matches from one run
-        of  the  function  start  at the same point in the subject. The shorter
+        of the function start at the same point in  the  subject.  The  shorter
-        matches are all initial substrings of the longer matches. For  example,
+        matches  are all initial substrings of the longer matches. For example,
         if the pattern
           <.*>
-Line 2490 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE ALTERNATIVE FUNC
+Line 2498 
 MATCHING A PATTERN: THE ALTERNATIVE FUNC
           <something> <something else>
           <something> <something else> <something further>
-        On  success,  the  yield of the function is a number greater than zero,
+        On success, the yield of the function is a number  greater  than  zero,
-        which is the number of matched substrings.  The  substrings  themselves
+        which  is  the  number of matched substrings. The substrings themselves
-        are  returned  in  ovector. Each string uses two elements; the first is
+        are returned in ovector. Each string uses two elements;  the  first  is
-        the offset to the start, and the second is the offset to  the  end.  In
+        the  offset  to  the start, and the second is the offset to the end. In
-        fact,  all  the  strings  have the same start offset. (Space could have
+        fact, all the strings have the same start  offset.  (Space  could  have
-        been saved by giving this only once, but it was decided to retain  some
+        been  saved by giving this only once, but it was decided to retain some
-        compatibility  with  the  way pcre_exec() returns data, even though the
+        compatibility with the way pcre_exec() returns data,  even  though  the
         meaning of the strings is different.)
         The strings are returned in reverse order of length; that is, the long-
-        est  matching  string is given first. If there were too many matches to
+        est matching string is given first. If there were too many  matches  to
-        fit into ovector, the yield of the function is zero, and the vector  is
+        fit  into ovector, the yield of the function is zero, and the vector is
         filled with the longest matches.
     Error returns from pcre_dfa_exec()
-        The  pcre_dfa_exec()  function returns a negative number when it fails.
+        The pcre_dfa_exec() function returns a negative number when  it  fails.
-        Many of the errors are the same  as  for  pcre_exec(),  and  these  are
+        Many  of  the  errors  are  the  same as for pcre_exec(), and these are
-        described  above.   There are in addition the following errors that are
+        described above.  There are in addition the following errors  that  are
         specific to pcre_dfa_exec():
           PCRE_ERROR_DFA_UITEM      (-16)
-        This return is given if pcre_dfa_exec() encounters an item in the  pat-
+        This  return is given if pcre_dfa_exec() encounters an item in the pat-
-        tern  that  it  does not support, for instance, the use of \C or a back
+        tern that it does not support, for instance, the use of \C  or  a  back
         reference.
           PCRE_ERROR_DFA_UCOND      (-17)
-        This return is given if pcre_dfa_exec()  encounters  a  condition  item
+        This  return  is  given  if pcre_dfa_exec() encounters a condition item
-        that  uses  a back reference for the condition, or a test for recursion
+        that uses a back reference for the condition, or a test  for  recursion
         in a specific group. These are not supported.
           PCRE_ERROR_DFA_UMLIMIT    (-18)
-        This return is given if pcre_dfa_exec() is called with an  extra  block
+        This  return  is given if pcre_dfa_exec() is called with an extra block
         that contains a setting of the match_limit field. This is not supported
         (it is meaningless).
           PCRE_ERROR_DFA_WSSIZE     (-19)
-        This return is given if  pcre_dfa_exec()  runs  out  of  space  in  the
+        This  return  is  given  if  pcre_dfa_exec()  runs  out of space in the
         workspace vector.
           PCRE_ERROR_DFA_RECURSE    (-20)
-        When  a  recursive subpattern is processed, the matching function calls
+        When a recursive subpattern is processed, the matching  function  calls
-        itself recursively, using private vectors for  ovector  and  workspace.
+        itself  recursively,  using  private vectors for ovector and workspace.
-        This  error  is  given  if  the output vector is not large enough. This
+        This error is given if the output vector  is  not  large  enough.  This
         should be extremely rare, as a vector of size 1000 is used.
  SEE ALSO
-        pcrebuild(3), pcrecallout(3), pcrecpp(3)(3), pcrematching(3),  pcrepar-
+        pcrebuild(3),  pcrecallout(3), pcrecpp(3)(3), pcrematching(3), pcrepar-
-        tial(3),  pcreposix(3), pcreprecompile(3), pcresample(3), pcrestack(3).
+        tial(3), pcreposix(3), pcreprecompile(3), pcresample(3),  pcrestack(3).
  AUTHOR
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+Line 2565 
 AUTHOR
  REVISION
-        Last updated: 27 November 2007
+        Last updated: 26 December 2007
         Copyright (c) 1997-2007 University of Cambridge.
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