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pcre2-10.47

perl-compatible regular expression library, version 2

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Description

PCRE2 is a revised API for the PCRE library, which is a set of functions, written in C, that implement regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl, with just a few differences. Some features that appeared in Python and the original PCRE before they appeared in Perl are also available using the Python syntax. There is also some support for one or two .NET and Oniguruma syntax items, and there are options for requesting some minor changes that give better ECMAScript (aka JavaScript) compatibility.

Package information

Ports path
devel/pcre2
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Nam Nguyen <namn@openbsd.org>
Categories
devel
Available flavors
None listed

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