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# Line 113  Making a PCRE release Line 113  Making a PCRE release
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114  Run PrepareRelease and commit the files that it changes (by removing trailing  Run PrepareRelease and commit the files that it changes (by removing trailing
115  spaces). Then run "make distcheck" to create the tarballs and the zipball.  spaces). Then run "make distcheck" to create the tarballs and the zipball.
116    Double-check with "svn status", then create an SVN tagged copy:
117    
118      svn copy svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/trunk \
119               svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/tags/pcre-7.x
120    
121  Don't forget to update Freshmeat when the new release is out, and to tell  Don't forget to update Freshmeat when the new release is out, and to tell
122  webmaster@pcre.org and the mailing list.  webmaster@pcre.org and the mailing list.
# Line 217  others are relatively new. Line 221  others are relatively new.
221    to switch this dynamically. It would have to be specified when PCRE was    to switch this dynamically. It would have to be specified when PCRE was
222    compiled. PCRE would then call a function every time it wanted a character.    compiled. PCRE would then call a function every time it wanted a character.
223    
 . There are new (*PRUNE) facilities in Perl 5.10, some of which it might be  
   relatively easy to implement.  
   
224  . Wild thought: the ability to compile from PCRE's internal byte code to a real  . Wild thought: the ability to compile from PCRE's internal byte code to a real
225    FSM and a very fast (third) matcher to process the result. There would be    FSM and a very fast (third) matcher to process the result. There would be
226    even more restrictions than for pcre_dfa_exec(), however. This is not easy.    even more restrictions than for pcre_dfa_exec(), however. This is not easy.
# Line 233  others are relatively new. Line 234  others are relatively new.
234    
235  . Someone suggested --disable-callout to save code space when callouts are  . Someone suggested --disable-callout to save code space when callouts are
236    never wanted. This seems rather marginal.    never wanted. This seems rather marginal.
237    
238  . "Cut" as described in Jeffrey Friedl's book, p364: \v and \V. The definitions  . Check names that consist entirely of digits: PCRE allows, but do Perl and
239    aren't yet clear enough for me. \v flushes saved states so that no    Python, etc?
   backtracking to anything earlier can happen; \V says "no more bumpalong", but  
   does it fail the current match? As described in the book, these aren't really  
   "cut" as in Prolog, are they? NOTE: (a) PCRE once had "cut", but it was  
   removed when atomic groups were introduced. (b) Perl 5.10 has some (*PRUNE)  
   features --  
   
 . These are the Perl 5.10 backtracking control features (all of which are  
   described as "experimental" -- some of them "very experimental") that it  
   might be easy to add to PCRE. They all succeed when encountered, but act as  
   follows when backtracking:  
   
   (*PRUNE)  fail this match attempt, but still bumpalong  
   (*SKIP)   fail this match attempt, bumpalong to current match point  
   (*THEN)   fail this branch, try next branch at same level or fail if none  
   (*COMMIT) fail this match attempt, suppress bumpalong  
   (*FAIL)   fail and backtrack (same as (?!) and that can be optimized)  
   (*F)      synonym for (*FAIL)  
   (*ACCEPT) behave as if end of pattern reached ("very experimental")  
   
   Some of these can have arguments (*PRUNE:NAME) but I'm not sure whether they  
   make sense in the PCRE context.  
240    
241  Philip Hazel  Philip Hazel
242  Email local part: ph10  Email local part: ph10
243  Email domain: cam.ac.uk  Email domain: cam.ac.uk
244  Last updated: 13 June 2007  Last updated: 09 August 2007
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