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.TH PCRE2_CONFIG 3 "16 September 2017" "PCRE2 10.31"
.SH NAME
PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.rs
.sp
.B #include <pcre2.h>
.PP
.SM
.B int pcre2_config(uint32_t \fIwhat\fP, void *\fIwhere\fP);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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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:
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\fIwhat\fP A code specifying what information is required
\fIwhere\fP Points to where to put the information
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If \fIwhere\fP 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.
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If \fBwhere\fP 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:
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PCRE2_CONFIG_BSR Indicates what \eR 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
.\" JOIN
PCRE2_CONFIG_JIT Availability of just-in-time compiler
support (1=yes 0=no)
.\" JOIN
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 \eC 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
.\" JOIN
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)
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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.
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There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
.\" HREF
\fBpcre2api\fP
.\"
page and a description of the POSIX API in the
.\" HREF
\fBpcre2posix\fP
.\"
page.