changeset 13553:8fc3314fe460

Document not_eol and remove mention of regex.c.
author Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
date Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:40:16 +0100
parents a694acc73772
children 3a3b9d29af1b
files ChangeLog doc/regex.texi
diffstat 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-08-14  Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
+
+	regex: Tweak doc.
+	* doc/regex.texi (Overview): Don't mention regex.c.
+	(GNU Regular Expression Compiling): Likewise.
+
 2010-08-14  Brian Gough  <bjg@gnu.org>
             Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
--- a/doc/regex.texi
+++ b/doc/regex.texi
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@
 you've compiled a pattern, you can use it for matching or searching any
 number of times.
 
-The Regex library consists of two source files: @file{regex.h} and
-@file{regex.c}.
+The Regex library is used by including @file{regex.h}.
 @pindex regex.h
-@pindex regex.c
 Regex provides three groups of functions with which you can operate on
 regular expressions.  One group---the @sc{gnu} group---is more powerful
 but not completely compatible with the other two, namely the @sc{posix}
@@ -1568,10 +1566,9 @@
 @vindex re_syntax_options @r{initialization}
 Regular expressions match according to the syntax with which they were
 compiled; with @sc{gnu}, you indicate what syntax you want by setting
-the variable @code{re_syntax_options} (declared in @file{regex.h} and
-defined in @file{regex.c}) before calling the compiling function,
-@code{re_compile_pattern} (see below).  @xref{Syntax Bits}, and
-@ref{Predefined Syntaxes}.
+the variable @code{re_syntax_options} (declared in @file{regex.h})
+before calling the compiling function, @code{re_compile_pattern} (see
+below).  @xref{Syntax Bits}, and @ref{Predefined Syntaxes}.
 
 You can change the value of @code{re_syntax_options} at any time.
 Usually, however, you set its value once and then never change it.