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Comment by cognisent

10 hours ago

One thing I don't understand is what does _* mean? It seems like the paper refers to .* (which I understand) and _* (which I don't) in sometimes the same context? Normally _* would mean "an underscore zero or more times".

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cognisent

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shmolyneaux  10 hours ago

That's noted further down the page:

- `_*` = any string

  • cognisent  5 hours ago

    I guess _ is trying to be like, "No, really, anything," while . has some limitations?

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