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Document behavior when mixing named captures with parentheses [ci skip]
Fixes [Bug #13716]
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#=> #<MatchData "ototo" vowel:"o">
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*Note*: A regexp can't use named backreferences and numbered
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backreferences simultaneously.
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backreferences simultaneously. Also, if a named capture is used in a
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regexp, then parentheses used for grouping which would otherwise result
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in a unnamed capture are treated as non-capturing.
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/(\w)(\w)/.match("ab").captures # => ["a", "b"]
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/(\w)(\w)/.match("ab").named_captures # => {}
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/(?<c>\w)(\w)/.match("ab").captures # => ["a"]
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/(?<c>\w)(\w)/.match("ab").named_captures # => {"c"=>"a"}
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When named capture groups are used with a literal regexp on the left-hand
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side of an expression and the <tt>=~</tt> operator, the captured text is
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