From: Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 14:12:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [bug #692016] update description of {m,n} modifier; you can omit the lower bound
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~1593
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=02a0b3b81a8601b89e4eab31286d12a804983ec6;p=python

[bug #692016] update description of {m,n} modifier; you can omit the lower bound
---

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
index 0b0f477c50..a82a0e49bb 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
@@ -129,9 +129,10 @@ not five.
 \item[\code{\{\var{m},\var{n}\}}] Causes the resulting RE to match from
 \var{m} to \var{n} repetitions of the preceding RE, attempting to
 match as many repetitions as possible.  For example, \regexp{a\{3,5\}}
-will match from 3 to 5 \character{a} characters.  Omitting \var{n}
-specifies an infinite upper bound; you can't omit \var{m}.  As an
-example, \regexp{a\{4,\}b} will match \code{aaaab}, a thousand
+will match from 3 to 5 \character{a} characters.  Omitting \var{m}
+specifies a lower bound of zero, 
+and omitting \var{n} specifies an infinite upper bound.  As an
+example, \regexp{a\{4,\}b} will match \code{aaaab} or a thousand
 \character{a} characters followed by a \code{b}, but not \code{aaab}.
 The comma may not be omitted or the modifier would be confused with
 the previously described form.