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@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ accepted by the regular expression parser::
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\r \t \v \x
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\\
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+(Note that ``\b`` is used to represent word boundaries, and means "backspace"
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+only inside character classes.)
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Octal escapes are included in a limited form. If the first digit is a 0, or if
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there are three octal digits, it is considered an octal escape. Otherwise, it is
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a group reference. As for string literals, octal escapes are always at most
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