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**
** The code in this file implements a compact but reasonably
** efficient regular-expression matcher for posix extended regular
-** expressions against UTF8 text. The following syntax is supported:
+** expressions against UTF8 text.
+**
+** This file is an SQLite extension. It registers a single function
+** named "regexp(A,B)" where A is the regular expression and B is the
+** string to be matched. By registering this function, SQLite will also
+** then implement the "B regexp A" operator. Note that with the function
+** the regular expression comes first, but with the operator it comes
+** second.
+**
+** The following regular expression syntax is supported:
**
** X* zero or more occurrences of X
** X+ one or more occurrences of X