[llvm] r367689 - [doc] Give a workaround for a FileCheck regex that ends in a brace.

[Paul Robinson via llvm-commits]

Author: probinson
Date: Fri Aug  2 09:07:48 2019
New Revision: 367689

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=367689&view=rev
Log:
[doc] Give a workaround for a FileCheck regex that ends in a brace.

Addresses PR42864.

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.rst

Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.rst
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.rst?rev=367689&r1=367688&r2=367689&view=diff
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--- llvm/trunk/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.rst (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.rst Fri Aug  2 09:07:48 2019
@@ -527,7 +527,10 @@ Because regular expressions are enclosed
 visually distinct, and you don't need to use escape characters within the double
 braces like you would in C.  In the rare case that you want to match double
 braces explicitly from the input, you can use something ugly like
-``{{[{][{]}}`` as your pattern.
+``{{[}][}]}}`` as your pattern.  Or if you are using the repetition count
+syntax, for example ``[[:xdigit:]]{8}`` to match exactly 8 hex digits, you
+would need to add parentheses like this ``{{([[:xdigit:]]{8})}}`` to avoid
+confusion with FileCheck's closing double-brace.
 
 FileCheck String Substitution Blocks
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~