#14155: merge note about \b from 3.2.

ezio-melotti · ezio-melotti · commit e240947cc08b · 2012-04-29T04:53:20.000+03:00
diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ accepted by the regular expression parser::
    \r      \t      \v      \x
    \\
 
+(Note that ``\b`` is used to represent word boundaries, and means "backspace"
+only inside character classes.)
+
 Octal escapes are included in a limited form.  If the first digit is a 0, or if
 there are three octal digits, it is considered an octal escape. Otherwise, it is
 a group reference.  As for string literals, octal escapes are always at most
