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bpo-32658: Regex docs: Fix metacharacter reference (GH-32230)

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@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ is the same as ``[a-c]``, which uses a range to express the same set of
characters. If you wanted to match only lowercase letters, your RE would be
``[a-z]``.
Metacharacters are not active inside classes. For example, ``[akm$]`` will
Metacharacters (except ``\``) are not active inside classes. For example, ``[akm$]`` will
match any of the characters ``'a'``, ``'k'``, ``'m'``, or ``'$'``; ``'$'`` is
usually a metacharacter, but inside a character class it's stripped of its
special nature.