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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>1998-06-22 15:02:42 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>1998-06-22 15:02:42 (GMT)
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Fix unclear wording pointed out by Tim Peters, about the interaction between
^ and the pos argument to re.match(). Also, fixed a typo in libregex.tex.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/lib')
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libre.tex8
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libregex.tex2
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
index a47723f..a1bcf06 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
@@ -476,9 +476,11 @@ attributes:
match.
The optional second parameter \var{pos} gives an index in the string
- where the search is to start; it defaults to \code{0}. The
- \character{\^} pattern character will not match at the index where the
- search is to start.
+ where the search is to start; it defaults to \code{0}. This is not
+ completely equivalent to slicing the string; the \code{'\^'} pattern
+ character matches at the real beginning of the string and at positions
+ just after a newline, but not necessarily at the index where the search
+ is to start.
The optional parameter \var{endpos} limits how far the string will
be searched; it will be as if the string is \var{endpos} characters
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libregex.tex b/Doc/lib/libregex.tex
index fabc182..e3adf55 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libregex.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libregex.tex
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Compiled regular expression objects support these methods:
The optional second parameter, \var{pos}, gives an index in the string
where the search is to start; it defaults to \code{0}. This is not
completely equivalent to slicing the string; the \code{'\^'} pattern
- character matches at the real begin of the string and at positions
+ character matches at the real beginning of the string and at positions
just after a newline, not necessarily at the index where the search
is to start.
\end{funcdesc}