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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 $
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3\documentstyle[fullpage,11pt,bnf]{article} 3\documentstyle[fullpage,11pt,bnf]{article}
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@@ -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
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@@ -1718,10 +1718,12 @@ A character class followed by \verb'*' reads until a character that
1718does not belong to the class, or end of file; 1718does not belong to the class, or end of file;
1719since it can match a sequence of zero characteres, it never fails.% 1719since it can match a sequence of zero characteres, it never fails.%
1720\footnote{ 1720\footnote{
1721Notice that this behaviour is different from regular pattern matching, 1721Notice that the behavior of read patterns is different from
1722the regular pattern matching behavior,
1722where a \verb'*' expands to the maximum length {\em such that\/} 1723where a \verb'*' expands to the maximum length {\em such that\/}
1723the rest of the pattern does not fail. 1724the rest of the pattern does not fail.
1724Therefore, there is no need for backtracking the reading. 1725With the read pattern behavior
1726there is no need for backtracking the reading.
1725} 1727}
1726 1728
1727A pattern item may contain sub-patterns enclosed in curly brackets, 1729A pattern item may contain sub-patterns enclosed in curly brackets,