On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Laxminarayan Kamath wrote:
"Places a line containing a group separator (--) between
contiguous groups of matches."
should be
"Places a line containing a group separator (--) between
non-contiguous groups of matches."
No. The existing version is correct. Your new version doesn't make sense,
because non-contiguous matches are not grouped. Non-contiguous groups do
not exist, so it cannot place a separator between them. Because it is a
slightly non-obvious sentence for non-native english speakers to parse,
perhaps the documentation should be changed to something completely
different, like:
"Places a line containing a separator (--) representing lines that have
been skipped in the input."
Matthew
--
Patron: "I am looking for a globe of the earth."
Librarian: "We have a table-top model over here."
Patron: "No, that's not good enough. Don't you have a life-size?"
Librarian: (pause) "Yes, but it's in use right now."
