Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] regex.3: Fix subsection headings

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Hi!

On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 03:13:54PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On 4/20/23 15:02, наб wrote:
> > @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ or
> >  .B REG_NEWLINE
> >  processing.
> >  This flag is a BSD extension, not present in POSIX.
> > -.SS Byte offsets
> > +.SS Match offsets
> I think it might be a bit clearer as "Subexpression match offsets" or
> something like that?  What do you think?
Nah; in a significant amount of scenarios you don't care about
subexpressions at all, and the one thing you're guaranteed to get is,
well, the non-subexpression match.
Saying "Subexpression match offsets" to mean "Match offsets, including
of subexpressions" is more confusing, and which offsets are returned is
explained in running text.

Best,

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