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authorMichael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>2014-06-19 09:22:53 +0200
committerMichael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>2014-06-19 09:22:53 +0200
commit8a39ee361feb9bf46d728ff1ba4f07ca1d9610b1 (patch)
tree4449f2036cccf162e8417cc5841a35815b3e7ac5 /src/pkg/regexp/syntax/doc.go
parentc8bf49ef8a92e2337b69c14b9b88396efe498600 (diff)
downloadgolang-8a39ee361feb9bf46d728ff1ba4f07ca1d9610b1.tar.gz
Imported Upstream version 1.3upstream/1.3
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diff --git a/src/pkg/regexp/syntax/doc.go b/src/pkg/regexp/syntax/doc.go
index e52632ef7..8e72c90d3 100644
--- a/src/pkg/regexp/syntax/doc.go
+++ b/src/pkg/regexp/syntax/doc.go
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ Repetitions:
x{n,}? n or more x, prefer fewer
x{n}? exactly n x
+Implementation restriction: The counting forms x{n} etc. (but not the other
+forms x* etc.) have an upper limit of n=1000. Negative or higher explicit
+counts yield the parse error ErrInvalidRepeatSize.
+
Grouping:
(re) numbered capturing group (submatch)
(?P<name>re) named & numbered capturing group (submatch)