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;doc: hledger's regular expressions: no lazy quantifiers

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@ -494,12 +494,13 @@ If they're not doing what you expect, it's important to know exactly what they s
aliases](#regex-aliases) or [CSV rules](#csv-rules), where [backreferences] aliases](#regex-aliases) or [CSV rules](#csv-rules), where [backreferences]
can be used in the replacement string to reference [capturing groups] in the can be used in the replacement string to reference [capturing groups] in the
search regexp. Otherwise, if you write `\1`, it will match the digit `1`. search regexp. Otherwise, if you write `\1`, it will match the digit `1`.
6. they do not support [mode modifiers] (`(?s)`), character classes (`\w`, `\d`), or anything else not mentioned above. 6. they do not support [lazy quantifiers] (`*?`), [mode modifiers] (`(?s)`), character classes (`\w`, `\d`), or anything else not mentioned above.
7. they may not (I'm guessing not) properly support right-to-left or bidirectional text. 7. they may not (I'm guessing not) properly support right-to-left or bidirectional text.
[POSIX ERE]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/posix.html#ere [POSIX ERE]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/posix.html#ere
[backreferences]: https://www.regular-expressions.info/backref.html [backreferences]: https://www.regular-expressions.info/backref.html
[capturing groups]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/refcapture.html [capturing groups]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/refcapture.html
[lazy quantifiers]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/repeat.html#lazy
[mode modifiers]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/modifiers.html [mode modifiers]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/modifiers.html
[GNU word boundaries]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/wordboundaries.html [GNU word boundaries]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/wordboundaries.html