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title: Fun - PCRE2 (Perl-Compatible Regex) extension (optional)
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- CMake option: FUN_WITH_PCRE2=ON
- Purpose: Advanced regular expressions via PCRE2.
- Homepage: [https://www.pcre.org/](https://www.pcre.org/){:class="ext"}

## Opcodes:

- OP_PCRE2_TEST: pops flags, text, pattern; pushes 1/0
- OP_PCRE2_MATCH: pops flags, text, pattern; pushes match map or Nil
- OP_PCRE2_FINDALL: pops flags, text, pattern; pushes array of match maps

## Notes:

- Requires PCRE2 development headers/libs.
- Flags are backend-specific; see implementation for supported bits.
