---
name: "pcre2_set_recursion_memory_management"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "pcre2"
version: "10.49-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pcre2_set_recursion_memory_management"
---

# pcre2\_set\_recursion\_memory\_management(3)

Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

## NAME

PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<pcre2.h\>**

```
int pcre2_set_recursion_memory_management(
  pcre2_match_context *mcontext,
  void *(*private_malloc)(size_t, void *),
  void (*private_free)(void *, void *), void *memory_data);
```

## DESCRIPTION

From release 10.30 onwards, this function is obsolete and does nothing. The result is always zero.

There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the **pcre2api** page and a description of the POSIX API in the **pcre2posix** page.