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<h1>pcre_config man page</h1>
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SYNOPSIS
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<b>#include <pcre.h></b>
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<b>int pcre_config(int <i>what</i>, void *<i>where</i>);</b>
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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 PCRE library it is using. Its
arguments are as follows:
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<i>what</i> A code specifying what information is required
<i>where</i> Points to where to put the data
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The available codes are:
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PCRE_CONFIG_LINK_SIZE Internal link size: 2, 3, or 4
PCRE_CONFIG_MATCH_LIMIT Internal resource limit
PCRE_CONFIG_MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION
Internal recursion depth limit
PCRE_CONFIG_NEWLINE Value of the default newline sequence:
13 (0x000d) for CR
10 (0x000a) for LF
3338 (0x0d0a) for CRLF
-2 for ANYCRLF
-1 for ANY
PCRE_CONFIG_BSR Indicates what \R matches by default:
0 all Unicode line endings
1 CR, LF, or CRLF only
PCRE_CONFIG_POSIX_MALLOC_THRESHOLD
Threshold of return slots, above
which <b>malloc()</b> is used by
the POSIX API
PCRE_CONFIG_STACKRECURSE Recursion implementation (1=stack 0=heap)
PCRE_CONFIG_UTF8 Availability of UTF-8 support (1=yes 0=no)
PCRE_CONFIG_UNICODE_PROPERTIES
Availability of Unicode property support
(1=yes 0=no)
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The function yields 0 on success or PCRE_ERROR_BADOPTION otherwise.
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