https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2682
Bug ID: 2682
Summary: backreference in recursive call create an error
Product: PCRE
Version: 8.44
Hardware: x86
OS: Windows
Status: NEW
Severity: bug
Priority: medium
Component: Code
Assignee: philip.ha...@gmail.com
Reporter: c_moi_l_mas...@hotmail.com
CC: pcre-dev@exim.org
Hello,
The input string is "aaaaa"
The following regex works: /(a)(a(?2)?)/
but this won't work: /(a)(\1(?2)?)/
With an error "recursive call could loop indefinitely"
This feels much like a bug, is it normal?
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