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diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst index 0b9d975..138e7d8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/re.rst +++ b/Doc/library/re.rst @@ -490,9 +490,10 @@ form. .. function:: compile(pattern, flags=0) - Compile a regular expression pattern into a regular expression object, which - can be used for matching using its :func:`~regex.match` and - :func:`~regex.search` methods, described below. + Compile a regular expression pattern into a :ref:`regular expression object + <re-objects>`, which can be used for matching using its + :func:`~regex.match`, :func:`~regex.search` and other methods, described + below. The expression's behaviour can be modified by specifying a *flags* value. Values can be any of the following variables, combined using bitwise OR (the |