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+Wed Jun 11 15:13:56 1997  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
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+	* src/expr.c (docolon): Test (re_buffer.re_nsub > 0) rather than
+	searching for `\(' to determine whether to return 0 or the empty
+	string.  Before it would improperly return '' if the pattern
+	contained a substring like this: `\\('.  From Karl Heuer.
+	For example, running expr c : '\\(' should print `0'.
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 Sun Jun  1 12:00:10 1997  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>

 	* lib/getdate.y (OtherTable): Interpret `next' as 1 (not 2) units.