Update to Unicode 17

.gitattributes

@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 testdata/*        -text
 maint/manifest-*  -text
+maint/ucptestdata -text
+*.sh              text eol=lf
+pcre2-config.in   text eol=lf
+RunTest           text eol=lf
+RunGrepTest       text eol=lf

maint/FetchUcd.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Small helper script to fetch the Unicode Character Database files
+
+VER=17.0.0
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+pwd
+
+rm -rf Unicode.tables/
+mkdir Unicode.tables
+
+fetch_file()
+{
+  url="$1"
+  i="$2"
+
+  echo "=== Downloading $i ==="
+  # Download each file with curl and place into the Unicode.tables folder
+  # Reject the download if there is an HTTP error
+  if ! curl --fail -o Unicode.tables/$i -L "$url"; then
+    echo "Error downloading $i"
+    rm -f Unicode.tables/$i
+  fi
+}
+
+for i in BidiMirroring.txt \
+         CaseFolding.txt \
+         DerivedCoreProperties.txt \
+         PropertyAliases.txt \
+         PropertyValueAliases.txt \
+         PropList.txt \
+         ScriptExtensions.txt \
+         Scripts.txt \
+         UnicodeData.txt \
+         ; do
+  fetch_file "https://www.unicode.org/Public/$VER/ucd/$i" "$i"
+done
+
+for i in DerivedBidiClass.txt \
+         DerivedGeneralCategory.txt \
+         ; do
+  fetch_file "https://www.unicode.org/Public/$VER/ucd/extracted/$i" "$i"
+done
+
+for i in GraphemeBreakProperty.txt \
+         ; do
+  fetch_file "https://www.unicode.org/Public/$VER/ucd/auxiliary/$i" "$i"
+done
+
+for i in emoji-data.txt \
+         ; do
+  fetch_file "https://www.unicode.org/Public/$VER/ucd/emoji/$i" "$i"
+done

maint/GenerateCommon.py

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def open_output(default):
 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
-\n""")
+\n\n""")
   return file
 
 # End of UcpCommon.py

maint/GenerateUcd.py

@@ -788,10 +788,13 @@ def write_bitsets(list, item_size):
 just one of these tables is actually needed. When compiling the library, some
 headers are needed. */
 
+
 #ifndef PCRE2_PCRE2TEST
 #include "pcre2_internal.h"
 #endif /* PCRE2_PCRE2TEST */
 
+
+
 /* The tables herein are needed only when UCP support is built, and in PCRE2
 that happens automatically with UTF support. This module should not be
 referenced otherwise, so it should not matter whether it is compiled or not.

maint/README

@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ GenerateUcpTables.py
   GenerateCommon.py and Unicode data files. The generated file contains tables
   for looking up Unicode property names.
 
+FetchUcd.sh
+  A shell script to download the UCD data from the Unicode website into
+  the Unicode.tables directory.
+
 FilterCoverage.py
   A small helper used by the RunCoverage script.
 
@@ -141,10 +145,11 @@ Updating to a new Unicode release
 =================================
 
 When there is a new release of Unicode, the files in Unicode.tables must be
-refreshed from the Unicode web site. Once that is done, the four Python scripts
-that generate files from the Unicode data can be run from within the "maint"
-directory. Note that the format used for those files is not stable, and
-therefore changes to the scripts might be needed to support new versions.
+refreshed from the Unicode web site, which can be done with the script
+FetchUcd.sh. Once that is done, the four Python scripts that generate files from
+the Unicode data can be run from within the "maint" directory. Note that the
+format used for those files is not stable, and therefore changes to the scripts
+might be needed to support new versions.
 
 Note: Previously, it was necessary to update lists of scripts and their
 abbreviations by hand before running the Python scripts. This is no longer

maint/Unicode.tables/BidiMirroring.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# BidiMirroring-16.0.0.txt
-# Date: 2024-01-30
-# © 2024 Unicode®, Inc.
+# BidiMirroring-17.0.0.txt
+# Date: 2025-08-01
+# © 2025 Unicode®, Inc.
 # Unicode and the Unicode Logo are registered trademarks of Unicode, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
 # For terms of use and license, see https://www.unicode.org/terms_of_use.html
 #
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # value, for which there is another Unicode character that typically has a glyph
 # that is the mirror image of the original character's glyph.
 #
-# The repertoire covered by the file is Unicode 16.0.0.
+# The repertoire covered by the file is Unicode 17.0.0.
 #
 # The file contains a list of lines with mappings from one code point
 # to another one for character-based mirroring.

maint/Unicode.tables/CaseFolding.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# CaseFolding-16.0.0.txt
-# Date: 2024-04-30, 21:48:11 GMT
-# © 2024 Unicode®, Inc.
+# CaseFolding-17.0.0.txt
+# Date: 2025-07-30, 23:54:36 GMT
+# © 2025 Unicode®, Inc.
 # Unicode and the Unicode Logo are registered trademarks of Unicode, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
 # For terms of use and license, see https://www.unicode.org/terms_of_use.html
 #
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@
 # The data supports both implementations that require simple case foldings
 # (where string lengths don't change), and implementations that allow full case folding
 # (where string lengths may grow). Note that where they can be supported, the
-# full case foldings are superior: for example, they allow "MASSE" and "Maße" to match.
+# full case foldings are superior: for example, they allow "FUSS" and "Fuß" to match.
 #
 # All code points not listed in this file map to themselves.
 #
 # NOTE: case folding does not preserve normalization formats!
 #
 # For information on case folding, including how to have case folding
-# preserve normalization formats, see Section 3.13 Default Case Algorithms in
-# The Unicode Standard.
+# preserve normalization formats, see the
+# "Conformance" / "Default Case Algorithms" section of the core specification.
 #
 # ================================================================================
 # Format
@@ -1243,7 +1243,10 @@ A7C7; C; A7C8; # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH SHORT STROKE OVERLAY
 A7C9; C; A7CA; # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH SHORT STROKE OVERLAY
 A7CB; C; 0264; # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER RAMS HORN
 A7CC; C; A7CD; # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH DIAGONAL STROKE
+A7CE; C; A7CF; # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER PHARYNGEAL VOICED FRICATIVE
 A7D0; C; A7D1; # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER CLOSED INSULAR G
+A7D2; C; A7D3; # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER DOUBLE THORN
+A7D4; C; A7D5; # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER DOUBLE WYNN
 A7D6; C; A7D7; # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER MIDDLE SCOTS S
 A7D8; C; A7D9; # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SIGMOID S
 A7DA; C; A7DB; # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER LAMBDA
@@ -1616,6 +1619,31 @@ FF3A; C; FF5A; # FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
 16E5D; C; 16E7D; # MEDEFAIDRIN CAPITAL LETTER O
 16E5E; C; 16E7E; # MEDEFAIDRIN CAPITAL LETTER AI
 16E5F; C; 16E7F; # MEDEFAIDRIN CAPITAL LETTER Y
+16EA0; C; 16EBB; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER ARKAB
+16EA1; C; 16EBC; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER BASIGNA
+16EA2; C; 16EBD; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER DARBAI
+16EA3; C; 16EBE; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER EH
+16EA4; C; 16EBF; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER FITKO
+16EA5; C; 16EC0; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER GOWAY
+16EA6; C; 16EC1; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER HIRDEABO
+16EA7; C; 16EC2; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER I
+16EA8; C; 16EC3; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER DJAI
+16EA9; C; 16EC4; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER KOBO
+16EAA; C; 16EC5; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER LAKKO
+16EAB; C; 16EC6; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER MERI
+16EAC; C; 16EC7; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER NINI
+16EAD; C; 16EC8; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER GNA
+16EAE; C; 16EC9; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER NGAY
+16EAF; C; 16ECA; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER OI
+16EB0; C; 16ECB; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER PI
+16EB1; C; 16ECC; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER ERIGO
+16EB2; C; 16ECD; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER ERIGO TAMURA
+16EB3; C; 16ECE; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER SERI
+16EB4; C; 16ECF; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER SHEP
+16EB5; C; 16ED0; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER TATASOUE
+16EB6; C; 16ED1; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER UI
+16EB7; C; 16ED2; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER WASSE
+16EB8; C; 16ED3; # BERIA ERFE CAPITAL LETTER AY
 1E900; C; 1E922; # ADLAM CAPITAL LETTER ALIF
 1E901; C; 1E923; # ADLAM CAPITAL LETTER DAALI
 1E902; C; 1E924; # ADLAM CAPITAL LETTER LAAM