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--- Comment #1 from Philip Hazel <[email protected]>  2012-10-05 17:04:06 
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On Thu, 4 Oct 2012, Jille Timmermans wrote:

> When I make the recursive-backreference (?R) optional (with ?) it doesn't 
> match
> the data to its full extent.
> 
> I've tested this with pcretest 7.7 and PHP 5.4.7 (uses pcre 8.12).

I have just tested it with Perl 5.12.4 and 5.15.3 and in both cases the 
same result as PCRE (latest code) is obtained. I have not yet had time
to work out why, but the compatibility with Perl suggests that it is a 
"feature" rather than a bug. I'll try to dig deeper soon and post the 
result.

Philip


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