Clarify portability and main program.
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1 # These bits are passed to regex.set_syntax() to choose among
2 # alternative regexp syntaxes.
4 # 1 means plain parentheses serve as grouping, and backslash
5 # parentheses are needed for literal searching.
6 # 0 means backslash-parentheses are grouping, and plain parentheses
7 # are for literal searching.
8 RE_NO_BK_PARENS = 1
10 # 1 means plain | serves as the "or"-operator, and \| is a literal.
11 # 0 means \| serves as the "or"-operator, and | is a literal.
12 RE_NO_BK_VBAR = 2
14 # 0 means plain + or ? serves as an operator, and \+, \? are literals.
15 # 1 means \+, \? are operators and plain +, ? are literals.
16 RE_BK_PLUS_QM = 4
18 # 1 means | binds tighter than ^ or $.
19 # 0 means the contrary.
20 RE_TIGHT_VBAR = 8
22 # 1 means treat \n as an _OR operator
23 # 0 means treat it as a normal character
24 RE_NEWLINE_OR = 16
26 # 0 means that a special characters (such as *, ^, and $) always have
27 # their special meaning regardless of the surrounding context.
28 # 1 means that special characters may act as normal characters in some
29 # contexts. Specifically, this applies to:
30 # ^ - only special at the beginning, or after ( or |
31 # $ - only special at the end, or before ) or |
32 # *, +, ? - only special when not after the beginning, (, or |
33 RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS = 32
35 # ANSI sequences (\n etc) and \xhh
36 RE_ANSI_HEX = 64
38 # No GNU extensions
39 RE_NO_GNU_EXTENSIONS = 128
41 # Now define combinations of bits for the standard possibilities.
42 RE_SYNTAX_AWK = (RE_NO_BK_PARENS | RE_NO_BK_VBAR | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS)
43 RE_SYNTAX_EGREP = (RE_SYNTAX_AWK | RE_NEWLINE_OR)
44 RE_SYNTAX_GREP = (RE_BK_PLUS_QM | RE_NEWLINE_OR)
45 RE_SYNTAX_EMACS = 0
47 # (Python's obsolete "regexp" module used a syntax similar to awk.)