On 2018-07-13 16:08, ph10 wrote:
When SKIP has a name, it backtracks until it hits a MARK with the same
name.
Why it need to backtrack?
Why not do a "bumpalong" advance to the next starting character strait
away?
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2018, ND via Pcre-dev wrote:
> The SKIP verb don't need backtracking after it fires: there is bumpalong and
> new match. If MARK position is saved then there is no problem for engine to
> discard current matching and start new matching at saved position without any
> backtracking.
On 2018-07-13 07:23, ph10 wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jul 2018, ND via Pcre-dev wrote:
And one more thing should also be clarified in docs:
> MARK name unlike MARK position is saved outside assertion or atomic
group:
The MARK position *is* saved; it's just that there is never a backtrack
into an
On Thu, 12 Jul 2018, ND via Pcre-dev wrote:
> And one more thing should also be clarified in docs:
> MARK name unlike MARK position is saved outside assertion or atomic group:
The MARK position *is* saved; it's just that there is never a backtrack
into an atomic group, so that data is never
