I have applied your additional example in the place Peter suggested.
Patch attached.
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David Fetter wrote:
> Kind people,
>
> Please find enclosed a patch exemplifying typical use of the ARE
> Class-Shorthand Escapes®. I believe it will help intrepid regex
> users. :)
>
> Cheers,
> D
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Index: doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
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*** 3134,3140 ****
<note>
<para>
Keep in mind that an escape's leading <literal>\</> will need to be
! doubled when entering the pattern as an SQL string constant.
</para>
</note>
--- 3134,3143 ----
<note>
<para>
Keep in mind that an escape's leading <literal>\</> will need to be
! doubled when entering the pattern as an SQL string constant. For example:
! <programlisting>
! '123' ~ '^\\d{3}' <lineannotation>true</lineannotation>
! </programlisting>
</para>
</note>
