From 7b72215b3e548d36845434cc720abbd99969980e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:13:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarified meaning of \w and \W with respect to the UNICODE and LOCALE flags. Closes SF bug #635595. --- Doc/lib/libre.tex | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex index ab94c48ed3a4..732f033bf695 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex @@ -356,10 +356,10 @@ equivalent to the set \regexp{[ \e t\e n\e r\e f\e v]}. equivalent to the set \regexp{[\textasciicircum\ \e t\e n\e r\e f\e v]}. \item[\code{\e w}]When the \constant{LOCALE} and \constant{UNICODE} -flags are not specified, -matches any alphanumeric character; this is equivalent to the set +flags are not specified, matches any alphanumeric character and the +underscore; this is equivalent to the set \regexp{[a-zA-Z0-9_]}. With \constant{LOCALE}, it will match the set -\regexp{[0-9_]} plus whatever characters are defined as letters for +\regexp{[0-9_]} plus whatever characters are defined as alphanumeric for the current locale. If \constant{UNICODE} is set, this will match the characters \regexp{[0-9_]} plus whatever is classified as alphanumeric in the Unicode character properties database. @@ -368,9 +368,9 @@ in the Unicode character properties database. flags are not specified, matches any non-alphanumeric character; this is equivalent to the set \regexp{[{\textasciicircum}a-zA-Z0-9_]}. With \constant{LOCALE}, it will match any character not in the set -\regexp{[0-9_]}, and not defined as a letter for the current locale. +\regexp{[0-9_]}, and not defined as alphanumeric for the current locale. If \constant{UNICODE} is set, this will match anything other than -\regexp{[0-9_]} and characters marked at alphanumeric in the Unicode +\regexp{[0-9_]} and characters marked as alphanumeric in the Unicode character properties database. \item[\code{\e Z}]Matches only at the end of the string. -- 2.47.3