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From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
Subject: Re: docs/5708: Small bug in re_format(7) manual page.
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The following reply was made to PR docs/5708; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, oliver.fromme@heim3.tu-clausthal.de
Cc:  Subject: Re: docs/5708: Small bug in re_format(7) manual page.
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:50:02 -0600

 >Description
 >
 >      According to the re_format() manual page:
 >
 >             Obsolete (``basic'') regular expressions differ in several
 >             respects.   `|',  `+', and `?' are ordinary characters and
 >             there is  no  equivalent  for  their  functionality.
 >
 >      This is not completely correct.  `x+' is equivalent to `xx*' or
 >      `x\{1,\}', and `x?' is equivalent to `x\{0,1\}'.
 
 Actually what the manpage says is correct.  'man 3 regex' and
 you will see REG_BASIC.  If (cflags & REG_BASIC) is non-zero in a
 call regcomp(3), then the |, +, and ? characters are not expanded.
 They are only treated special when (cflags & REG_EXTENDED) is
 non-zero in a call to regcomp(3).
 
 Steve

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