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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index ed432a80ca..dab5c61bfe 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive): E.g.: my_function () { - As to use of grep, stick to a subset of BRE (namely, no \{m,n\}, - [::], [==], nor [..]) for portability. + [::], [==], or [..]) for portability. - We do not use \{m,n\}; - We do not use -E; - - We do not use ? nor + (which are \{0,1\} and \{1,\} + - We do not use ? or + (which are \{0,1\} and \{1,\} respectively in BRE) but that goes without saying as these are ERE elements not BRE (note that \? and \+ are not even part of BRE -- making them accessible from BRE is a GNU extension). |