Commit baeb5720 authored by Andrew M. Kuchling's avatar Andrew M. Kuchling

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.
parent 718b9fa6
......@@ -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
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......@@ -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}
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