From 46db2e3c25f417008d2e639781169702104a9ef2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:11:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] regexp: document that backslashes are the escape character.
 Fixes #1013.

R=rsc, gri
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/1938041
---
 src/pkg/regexp/regexp.go | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pkg/regexp/regexp.go b/src/pkg/regexp/regexp.go
index 4dd430ea69..aa90eb321b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/regexp/regexp.go
+++ b/src/pkg/regexp/regexp.go
@@ -16,8 +16,14 @@
 //		'$'
 //		'.'
 //		character
-//		'[' [ '^' ] character-ranges ']'
+//		'[' [ '^' ] { character-range } ']'
 //		'(' regexp ')'
+//	character-range:
+//		character '-' character
+//
+// All characters are UTF-8-encoded code points.
+// Backslashes escape special characters, including inside
+// character classes.
 //
 package regexp
 
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