docs: clarify regex-lite word boundaries#1363
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Fixes #1356.
This clarifies in the
regex-litedifferences section that word boundary assertions such as\band\Bare ASCII-only because they are defined in terms of\wand\W.Validation:
git show --check --oneline HEADNot run locally:
cargo test -p regex-liteReason: this Windows environment does not currently have
cargoon PATH. The change is documentation-only and limited toregex-lite/src/lib.rs.AI-assisted contribution: implemented with OpenAI Codex and reviewed locally before submission.