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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2015-05-11 14:52:04 +0300
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2015-05-11 14:52:04 +0300
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Add doc on conversions for strongly typed regexps.
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@@ -6327,6 +6327,10 @@ strings or string constants. They may also be passed through indirect function
calls (@pxref{Indirect Calls})
onto the built-in functions that accept regexp constants.
+When used in numeric conversions, strongly typed regexp variables convert
+to zero. When used in string conversions, they convert to the string
+value of the original regexp text.
+
@node Regexp Summary
@section Summary