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@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ RE or\*(dg the end of a parenthesized subexpression,
and `*' is an ordinary character if it appears at the beginning of the
RE or the beginning of a parenthesized subexpression
(after a possible leading `^').
+.PP
Finally, there is one new type of atom, a \fIback reference\fR:
`\e' followed by a non-zero decimal digit \fId\fR
matches the same sequence of characters
@@ -262,8 +263,10 @@ Avoid using them.
POSIX.2's specification of case-independent matching is vague.
The ``one case implies all cases'' definition given above
is current consensus among implementors as to the right interpretation.
-.PP
-The syntax for word boundaries is incredibly ugly.
+.\" As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=295666
+.\" The following does not seem to apply in the glibc implementation
+.\" .PP
+.\" The syntax for word boundaries is incredibly ugly.
.\" .SH AUTHOR
.\" This page was taken from Henry Spencer's regex package.
.SH "SEE ALSO"