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Date:      Mon, 16 Aug 2004 01:30:15 GMT
From:      Marian Cerny <jojo@matfyz.cz>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/70506: re_format(7) contains many extra '='
Message-ID:  <200408160130.i7G1UFid086856@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number:         70506
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       re_format(7) contains many extra '='
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Aug 16 01:30:26 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Marian Cerny
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.2.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD potvorka 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #2: Sat Aug 14 14:06:07 CEST 2004
majo@potvorka:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/POTVORKA  i386
>Description:
The manual page for re_format(7) contains many extra equal signs ('=').

I found them on this lines:

> A (modern) RE is one= or more non-empty= branches, separated by `|'.  It
> A branch is one= or more pieces, concatenated.  It matches a match for
> A piece is an atom possibly followed by a single= `*', `+', `?', or
> lowed by `}'.  The integers must lie between 0 and RE_DUP_MAX (255=)
> string)=, a bracket expression (see below), `.' (matching any single
> ordinary character), a `\' followed by any other character= (matching
> present=), or a single character with no other significance (matching
> ordinary character, not the beginning of a bound=.  It is illegal to end
> any decimal digit.  It is illegal= for two ranges to share an endpoint,
> and `[xy]' are all synonymous.  An equivalence class may not= be an end-
> There are two special cases= of bracket expressions: the bracket expres-
> No particular limit is imposed on the length of REs=.  Programs intended
> at the beginning of the RE or= the beginning of a parenthesized subex-
> pression, `$' is an ordinary character except at the end of the RE or=

On some lines it looks to me, it should be some special character. On
others not.
>How-To-Repeat:
man 7 re_format
>Fix:
Just remove those '=' mentioned above.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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