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PCRE2_CONFIG(3)         Library Functions Manual         PCRE2_CONFIG(3)

NAME top

       PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

SYNOPSIS top


       #include <pcre2.h>

       int pcre2_config(uint32_t what, void *where);

DESCRIPTION top


       This function makes it possible for a client program to find out
       which optional features are available in the version of the PCRE2
       library it is using. The arguments are as follows:

         what     A code specifying what information is required
         where    Points to where to put the information

       If where is NULL, the function returns the amount of memory
       needed for the requested information. When the information is a
       string, the value is in code units; for other types of data it is
       in bytes.

       If where is not NULL, for PCRE2_CONFIG_JITTARGET,
       PCRE2_CONFIG_UNICODE_VERSION, and PCRE2_CONFIG_VERSION it must
       point to a buffer that is large enough to hold the string. For
       all other codes it must point to a uint32_t integer variable. The
       available codes are:

         PCRE2_CONFIG_BSR             Indicates what \R matches by
       default:
                                        PCRE2_BSR_UNICODE
                                        PCRE2_BSR_ANYCRLF
         PCRE2_CONFIG_COMPILED_WIDTHS Which of 8/16/32 support was
       compiled
         PCRE2_CONFIG_DEPTHLIMIT      Default backtracking depth limit
         PCRE2_CONFIG_HEAPLIMIT       Default heap memory limit
         PCRE2_CONFIG_JIT             Availability of just-in-time
       compiler
                                       support (1=yes 0=no)
         PCRE2_CONFIG_JITTARGET       Information (a string) about the
       target
                                        architecture for the JIT
       compiler
         PCRE2_CONFIG_LINKSIZE        Configured internal link size (2,
       3, 4)
         PCRE2_CONFIG_MATCHLIMIT      Default internal resource limit
         PCRE2_CONFIG_NEVER_BACKSLASH_C  Whether or not \C is disabled
         PCRE2_CONFIG_NEWLINE         Code for the default newline
       sequence:
                                        PCRE2_NEWLINE_CR
                                        PCRE2_NEWLINE_LF
                                        PCRE2_NEWLINE_CRLF
                                        PCRE2_NEWLINE_ANY
                                        PCRE2_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF
                                        PCRE2_NEWLINE_NUL
         PCRE2_CONFIG_PARENSLIMIT     Default parentheses nesting limit
         PCRE2_CONFIG_RECURSIONLIMIT  Obsolete: use
       PCRE2_CONFIG_DEPTHLIMIT
         PCRE2_CONFIG_STACKRECURSE    Obsolete: always returns 0
         PCRE2_CONFIG_UNICODE         Availability of Unicode support
       (1=yes
                                        0=no)
         PCRE2_CONFIG_UNICODE_VERSION The Unicode version (a string)
         PCRE2_CONFIG_VERSION         The PCRE2 version (a string)

       The function yields a non-negative value on success or the
       negative value PCRE2_ERROR_BADOPTION otherwise. This is also the
       result for the PCRE2_CONFIG_JITTARGET code if JIT support is not
       available. When a string is requested, the function returns the
       number of code units used, including the terminating zero.

       There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
       pcre2api page and a description of the POSIX API in the
       pcre2posix page.

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       This page is part of the PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular
       Expressions) project.  Information about the project can be found
       at ⟨http://www.pcre.org/⟩.  If you have a bug report for this
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       ⟨http://bugs.exim.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=PCRE⟩.  This page was
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PCRE2 10.31                 16 September 2017            PCRE2_CONFIG(3)