Added a paragraph to describe clear_cache(), and why it's necessary.

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Barry Warsaw 1997-02-18 18:59:37 +00:00
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@ -49,3 +49,10 @@ pattern uses any characters except letters, digits and underscores as
word delimiters. Capitalization is done by changing the first
character of each word to upper case.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{clear_cache}{}
The regsub module maintains a cache of compiled regular expressions,
keyed on the regular expression string and the syntax of the regex
module at the time the expression was compiled. This function clears
that cache.
\end{funcdesc}

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@ -49,3 +49,10 @@ pattern uses any characters except letters, digits and underscores as
word delimiters. Capitalization is done by changing the first
character of each word to upper case.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{clear_cache}{}
The regsub module maintains a cache of compiled regular expressions,
keyed on the regular expression string and the syntax of the regex
module at the time the expression was compiled. This function clears
that cache.
\end{funcdesc}