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diff --git a/regcomp.h b/regcomp.h
index 1664871..2ac1be1 100644 (file)
--- a/regcomp.h
+++ b/regcomp.h
@@ -18,6 +18,24 @@ typedef OP OP_4tree;                 /* Will be redefined later. */
 /* Be really agressive about optimising patterns with trie sequences? */
 #define PERL_ENABLE_EXTENDED_TRIE_OPTIMISATION 1
 
+/* Use old style unicode mappings for perl and posix character classes
+ *
+ * NOTE: Enabling this essentially breaks character class matching against unicode 
+ * strings, so that POSIX char classes match when they shouldn't, and \d matches 
+ * way more than 10 characters, and sometimes a charclass and its complement either
+ * both match or neither match.
+ * NOTE: Disabling this will cause various backwards compatibility issues to rear 
+ * their head, and tests to fail. However it will make the charclass behaviour 
+ * consistant regardless of internal string type, and make character class inversions
+ * consistant. The tests that fail in the regex engine are basically broken tests.
+ *
+ * Personally I think 5.12 should disable this for sure. Its a bit more debatable for
+ * 5.10, so for now im leaving it enabled.
+ *
+ * -demerphq
+ */
+#define PERL_LEGACY_UNICODE_CHARCLASS_MAPPINGS 1
+
 /* Should the optimiser take positive assertions into account? */
 #define PERL_ENABLE_POSITIVE_ASSERTION_STUDY 0