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master d083075b45 3/3: Clarify RX... semantics in manual (bug#58727)
From: |
Mattias Engdegård |
Subject: |
master d083075b45 3/3: Clarify RX... semantics in manual (bug#58727) |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:44:35 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit d083075b458ac532e114e6af09e990fba422d0ed
Author: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org>
Commit: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org>
Clarify RX... semantics in manual (bug#58727)
Suggested by Michael Heerdegen.
* doc/lispref/searching.texi (Rx Constructs): Explain implicit
concatenation of `RX...`.
---
doc/lispref/searching.texi | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/searching.texi b/doc/lispref/searching.texi
index 5ee139a11d..88b3b83f8e 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/searching.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/searching.texi
@@ -1052,8 +1052,12 @@ customization.
@subsubsection Constructs in @code{rx} regexps
The various forms in @code{rx} regexps are described below. The
-shorthand @var{rx} represents any @code{rx} form, and @var{rx}@dots{}
-means zero or more @code{rx} forms. These are all valid arguments to
+shorthand @var{rx} represents any @code{rx} form. @var{rx}@dots{}
+means zero or more @code{rx} forms and, unless stated otherwise,
+matches these forms in sequence as if wrapped in a @code{(seq @dots{})}
+subform.
+
+These are all valid arguments to
the @code{rx} macro. Where the corresponding string
regexp syntax is given, @var{A}, @var{B}, @dots{} are string regexp
subexpressions.