jq doesn't use PCRE, despite use of PCRE in docs

[ikegami]

The docs claim the use of PCRE.

The docs claim the use of the Oniguruma regular expression library.

One of these statements is obviously incorrect. (The former.)

[sus-impost0r]

I believe Oniguruma supports PCRE?

[ikegami]

PCRE is the name of a library, and not one used by Oniguruma, no.

On Wed., Jun. 22, 2022, 6:31 p.m. sus-impost0r, @.***> wrote:

I believe Oniguruma supports PCRE?

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[ikegami]

(And neither uses the same regex language as Perl.)