On Sat, 30 Jun 2018, ND via Pcre-dev wrote: > I'm surprised: is there another algorithm of working /g in pcretest in > comparing with PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_GLOBAL in pcre2_substitute()?
Sorry, my bad. I had forgotten about PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_GLOBAL. You are right. > Sorry for my bad English. A want to ask: aren't > /g in pcretest > and > pcre2_substitute() with PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_GLOBAL > use the same algorithm? Yes, they should be. > I wonder that repeat return of the same match string as previous but at > another point in the subject is interpreted as error. Why? I think it > shouldn't. If you don't treat it specially, you would get TWO substitutions at the same point. I have thought of a way of changing pcre2test but I have not tried it yet. Maybe later today, or tomorrow... If it works, I will then look at PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_GLOBAL. Philip -- Philip Hazel -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/pcre-dev
