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[Grep-devel] [PATCH] doc: stop calling --perl-regexp (-P) "highly" exper


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: [Grep-devel] [PATCH] doc: stop calling --perl-regexp (-P) "highly" experimental
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 19:52:59 -0700

FYI, I've just pushed this:

Subject: [PATCH] doc: stop calling --perl-regexp (-P) "highly" experimental

Use wording that is less likely to make readers think that
support for -P may be removed.
* doc/grep.in.1: s/highly experimental/experimental/
* doc/grep.texi: Likewise.
Suggested by Evan Sheahan.
---
 doc/grep.in.1 | 2 +-
 doc/grep.texi | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/grep.in.1 b/doc/grep.in.1
index 367501f..40c9586 100644
--- a/doc/grep.in.1
+++ b/doc/grep.in.1
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ This is the default.
 .TP
 .BR \-P ", " \-\^\-perl\-regexp
 Interpret the pattern as a Perl-compatible regular expression (PCRE).
-This is highly experimental and
+This is experimental and
 .B "grep \-P"
 may warn of unimplemented features.
 .SS "Matching Control"
diff --git a/doc/grep.texi b/doc/grep.texi
index 28413e0..abe7eb9 100644
--- a/doc/grep.texi
+++ b/doc/grep.texi
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ expressions), separated by newlines, any of which is to 
be matched.
 @opindex --perl-regexp
 @cindex matching Perl-compatible regular expressions
 Interpret the pattern as a Perl-compatible regular expression (PCRE).
-This is highly experimental, particularly when combined with
+This is experimental, particularly when combined with
 the @option{-z} (@option{--null-data}) option, and
 @samp{grep@ -P} may warn of unimplemented features.
 @xref{Other Options}.
-- 
2.13.0




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