The maximum length of a subject string (bug #40627)

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Jakub Vrana 2007-03-23 15:45:20 +00:00
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
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<refentry id="reference.pcre.pattern.syntax">
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which they refer.
</para>
<para>
The maximum length of a subject string is the largest positive number
that an integer variable can hold. However, PCRE uses recursion to
handle subpatterns and indefinite repetition. This means that the
available stack space may limit the size of a subject string that can be
processed by certain patterns.
</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="regexp.reference.performances">