# in regcomp.c uses the enum value of the modifier as an offset from the /d
# version. The complements must come after the non-complements.
# BOUND, POSIX and their complements are affected, as well as EXACTF.
-BOUND BOUND, no ; Match "" at any word boundary using native charset rules for non-utf8, otherwise Unicode rules
-BOUNDL BOUND, no ; Match "" at any boundary of a given type using locale rules
+BOUND BOUND, no ; Like BOUNDA for non-utf8, otherwise match "" between any Unicode \w\W or \W\w
+BOUNDL BOUND, no ; Like BOUND/BOUNDU, but \w and \W are defined by current locale
BOUNDU BOUND, no ; Match "" at any boundary of a given type using Unicode rules
-BOUNDA BOUND, no ; Match "" at any boundary of a given type using ASCII rules
+BOUNDA BOUND, no ; Match "" at any boundary between \w\W or \W\w, where \w is [_a-zA-Z0-9]
# All NBOUND nodes are required by code in regexec.c to be greater than all BOUND ones
-NBOUND NBOUND, no ; Match "" at any word non-boundary using native charset rules for non-utf8, otherwise Unicode rules
-NBOUNDL NBOUND, no ; Match "" at any boundary of a given type using locale rules
-NBOUNDU NBOUND, no ; Match "" at any boundary of a given type using using Unicode rules
-NBOUNDA NBOUND, no ; Match "" at any boundary of a given type using using ASCII rules
+NBOUND NBOUND, no ; Like NBOUNDA for non-utf8, otherwise match "" between any Unicode \w\w or \W\W
+NBOUNDL NBOUND, no ; Like NBOUND/NBOUNDU, but \w and \W are defined by current locale
+NBOUNDU NBOUND, no ; Match "" at any non-boundary of a given type using using Unicode rules
+NBOUNDA NBOUND, no ; Match "" betweeen any \w\w or \W\W, where \w is [_a-zA-Z0-9]
#* [Special] alternatives:
REG_ANY REG_ANY, no 0 S ; Match any one character (except newline).
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