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diff --git a/doc/pcre2_set_max_pattern_length.3 b/doc/pcre2_set_max_pattern_length.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7aa01c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/pcre2_set_max_pattern_length.3 @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +.TH PCRE2_SET_MAX_PATTERN_LENGTH 3 "05 October 2016" "PCRE2 10.23" +.SH NAME +PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.rs +.sp +.B #include <pcre2.h> +.PP +.nf +.B int pcre2_set_max_pattern_length(pcre2_compile_context *\fIccontext\fP, +.B " PCRE2_SIZE \fIvalue\fP);" +.fi +. +.SH DESCRIPTION +.rs +.sp +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 +\fBpcre2api\fP +.\" +page and a description of the POSIX API in the +.\" HREF +\fBpcre2posix\fP +.\" +page. |