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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-12-30 20:38:16 (GMT)
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Correct small nits reported by Rob Hooft.
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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ regular expression represented as a string literal, you have to
\emph{quadruple} it or enclose it in a singleton character class.
E.g.\ to extract \LaTeX\ \samp{\e section\{{\rm
\ldots}\}} headers from a document, you can use this pattern:
-\code{'[\e ] section\{\e (.*\e )\}'}. \emph{Another exception:}
+\code{'[\e ]section\{\e (.*\e )\}'}. \emph{Another exception:}
the escape sequece \samp{\e b} is significant in string literals
(where it means the ASCII bell character) as well as in Emacs regular
expressions (where it stands for a word boundary), so in order to
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ The special sequences consist of '\code{\e}' and a character
from the list below. If the ordinary character is not on the list,
then the resulting RE will match the second character. For example,
\code{\e\$} matches the character '\$'. Ones where the backslash
-should be doubled are indicated.
+should be doubled in string literals are indicated.
\begin{itemize}
\item[\code{\e|}]\code{A\e|B}, where A and B can be arbitrary REs,