From 7fd341c384b4a4a2155a04a82825105acd8d6740 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Philip.Hazel" Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 16:06:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation clarification --- doc/pcre2_set_max_pattern_length.3 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/pcre2_set_max_pattern_length.3 b/doc/pcre2_set_max_pattern_length.3 index 1367b96..7aa01c7 100644 --- a/doc/pcre2_set_max_pattern_length.3 +++ b/doc/pcre2_set_max_pattern_length.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH PCRE2_SET_MAX_PATTERN_LENGTH 3 "05 November 2015" "PCRE2 10.21" +.TH PCRE2_SET_MAX_PATTERN_LENGTH 3 "05 October 2016" "PCRE2 10.23" .SH NAME PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API) .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API) .SH DESCRIPTION .rs .sp -This function sets, in a compile context, the maximum length (in code units) of -the pattern that can be compiled. The result is always zero. +This function sets, in a compile context, the maximum text length (in code +units) of the pattern that can be compiled. The result is always zero. If a +longer pattern is passed to \fBpcre2_compile()\fP there is an immediate error +return. The default is effectively unlimited, being the largest value a +PCRE2_SIZE variable can hold. .P There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the .\" HREF