PCRE2_COMP...NTEXT_COPY(3)

💅 PCRE2_COMP...NTEXT_COPY(3) 💅

okay so bestie, this page is straight out of the Library Functions Manual — yes, the manual name is folded in right here — and it’s serving PCRE2 realness. Grab your iced coffee 🍓, because we’re talking about pcre2_compile_context_copy, and it’s honestly iconic.

💖 NAME 💖

PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <pcre2.h>

pcre2_compile_context *pcre2_compile_context_copy(
  pcre2_compile_context *ccontext);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so this function makes a new copy of a compile context, and it uses the memory allocation function that was used for the original context. The result is NULL if the memory cannot be obtained — and yes, that’s the whole mood. 😭

ngl, if you want the full lore, there’s a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the pcre2api page, and a description of the POSIX API in the pcre2posix page. iykyk ✨

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xoxo, your favorite manpage bestie 💖 — source/version vibes: PCRE2 10.47, dated 25 October 2014. 🫶