Re: [PATCH v6 1/8] regex.3: Desoupify regexec() description

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Hi nab,

On 4/20/23 21:36, наб wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  man3/regex.3 | 10 ++++------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/regex.3 b/man3/regex.3
> index bedb97e87..47fe661d2 100644
> --- a/man3/regex.3
> +++ b/man3/regex.3
> @@ -105,12 +105,10 @@ .SS Compilation
>  .SS Matching
>  .BR regexec ()
>  is used to match a null-terminated string
> -against the precompiled pattern buffer,
> -.IR preg .
> -.I nmatch
> -and
> -.I pmatch
> -are used to provide information regarding the location of any matches.
> +against the compiled pattern buffer in
> +.IR *preg ,
> +which must have been initialised with
> +.BR regexec ().

This patch removes the nmatch and pmatch info before presumably we add
it in a subsequent patch.  I prefer if the patch that documents that would
go either before this one, or right after this one.

Cheers,
Alex

>  .I eflags
>  is the
>  bitwise OR

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