On Wed, 5 Jun 2019, ND via Pcre-dev wrote: > It's not true for (*ACCEPT). > Construct "(*ACCEPT)??" is like a negated (*COMMIT) pattern: > (*COMMIT) immediately fail a whole match when backtrack to it occurs > (*ACCEPT)?? immediately match when backtrack to it occurs
Ah, that is an interesting feature that I had not though of. I agree it could be useful and will consider how to implement it. Thank you for the insight. Philip -- Philip Hazel -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/pcre-dev