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+<start> and <end> can take one of these forms:
+
- number
+
If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
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+
This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
-+
-- :regex
+
-If the option's argument is of the form :regex, it denotes the range
+If ``:<regex>'' is given in place of <start> and <end>, it denotes the range
from the first funcname line that matches <regex>, up to the next
funcname line.
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