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@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ expression compilation. </p>
 <p>All characters are literals except: &quot;.&quot;,
 &quot;*&quot;, &quot;?&quot;, &quot;+&quot;, &quot;(&quot;,
 &quot;)&quot;, &quot;{&quot;, &quot;}&quot;, &quot;[&quot;,
-&quot;]&quot;, &quot;^&quot; and &quot;$&quot;. These characters
-are literals when preceded by a &quot;\&quot;. A literal is a
-character that matches itself, or matches the result of
-traits_type::translate(), where traits_type is the traits
+&quot;]&quot;, &quot;^&quot;, &quot;$&quot; and &quot;\&quot;.
+These characters are literals when preceded by a &quot;\&quot;. A
+literal is a character that matches itself, or matches the result
+of traits_type::translate(), where traits_type is the traits
 template parameter to class reg_expression. <br>
 &nbsp; <br>
 &nbsp; </p>