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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index ee401f9e..83bd3b5d 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -4486,6 +4486,10 @@ it is good practice to always escape them with a backslash. Then the regexp constants are valid and work the way you want them to, using any version of @command{awk}.@footnote{Use two backslashes if you're using a string constant with a regexp operator or function.} + +Finally, when @samp{@{} and @samp{@}} appear in regexp constants +in a way that cannot be interpreted as an interval expression +(such as @code{/q@{a@}/}), then they stand for themselves. @end table @cindex precedence, regexp operators |