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author | Will Estes <wlestes@users.sourceforge.net> | 2006-10-22 22:42:02 +0000 |
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committer | Will Estes <wlestes@users.sourceforge.net> | 2006-10-22 22:42:02 +0000 |
commit | 34cf3b47d7cbd3f4123be4c3397c49fa63b7f5b3 (patch) | |
tree | d38855af4549ad86f06a44f3b71f4e21f6200d44 /NEWS | |
parent | a4fa510851cb409efe296caf2abf17c613baaff9 (diff) |
update NEWS file for the work that millaway did
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-rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 19 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -5,7 +5,24 @@ See the file COPYING for copying conditions. * after version 2.5.33 -** memory leaks removed from the C++ scanner (but the C++ scanner is +** pattern language expanded; see the manual for details + +*** pattern options added to specify patterns as case-insensitive or + case-sensitive + +*** pattern options to specify whether the "." character should match + the newline character + +*** pattern options added to allow ignoring of whitespace in patterns + +*** POSIX character classes may be negated in patterns + +*** patterns may now use set difference, union operators + +** the manual now contains an appendix listing various common patterns + which may be useful when writing scanners + +** some memory leaks were removed from the C++ scanner (but the C++ scanner is still experimental and may change radically without notice) ** c++ scanners can now use yywrap |