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1 | % $Id: manual.tex,v 1.26 1997/01/23 16:17:53 roberto Exp roberto $ | 1 | % $Id: manual.tex,v 1.27 1997/02/21 15:19:37 roberto Exp roberto $ |
2 | 2 | ||
3 | \documentstyle[fullpage,11pt,bnf]{article} | 3 | \documentstyle[fullpage,11pt,bnf]{article} |
4 | 4 | ||
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Waldemar Celes | |||
35 | \tecgraf\ --- Departamento de Inform\'atica --- PUC-Rio | 35 | \tecgraf\ --- Departamento de Inform\'atica --- PUC-Rio |
36 | } | 36 | } |
37 | 37 | ||
38 | \date{\small \verb$Date: 1997/01/23 16:17:53 $} | 38 | \date{\small \verb$Date: 1997/02/21 15:19:37 $} |
39 | 39 | ||
40 | \maketitle | 40 | \maketitle |
41 | 41 | ||
@@ -1718,10 +1718,12 @@ A character class followed by \verb'*' reads until a character that | |||
1718 | does not belong to the class, or end of file; | 1718 | does not belong to the class, or end of file; |
1719 | since it can match a sequence of zero characteres, it never fails.% | 1719 | since it can match a sequence of zero characteres, it never fails.% |
1720 | \footnote{ | 1720 | \footnote{ |
1721 | Notice that this behaviour is different from regular pattern matching, | 1721 | Notice that the behavior of read patterns is different from |
1722 | the regular pattern matching behavior, | ||
1722 | where a \verb'*' expands to the maximum length {\em such that\/} | 1723 | where a \verb'*' expands to the maximum length {\em such that\/} |
1723 | the rest of the pattern does not fail. | 1724 | the rest of the pattern does not fail. |
1724 | Therefore, there is no need for backtracking the reading. | 1725 | With the read pattern behavior |
1726 | there is no need for backtracking the reading. | ||
1725 | } | 1727 | } |
1726 | 1728 | ||
1727 | A pattern item may contain sub-patterns enclosed in curly brackets, | 1729 | A pattern item may contain sub-patterns enclosed in curly brackets, |