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+- number
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+If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
+absolute line number (lines count from 1).
++
+
+- /regex/
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+This form will use the first line matching the given
+POSIX regex. If <end> is a regex, it will search
+starting at the line given by <start>.
++
+
+- +offset or -offset
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+This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
+of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
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+
+- :regex
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+If the option's argument is of the form :regex, it denotes the range
+from the first funcname line that matches <regex>, up to the next
+funcname line.
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