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-rw-r--r--libbuild2/adhoc-rule-regex-pattern.hxx4
-rw-r--r--libbuild2/rule.hxx3
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/adhoc-rule-regex-pattern.hxx b/libbuild2/adhoc-rule-regex-pattern.hxx
index ed8bf59..4327e72 100644
--- a/libbuild2/adhoc-rule-regex-pattern.hxx
+++ b/libbuild2/adhoc-rule-regex-pattern.hxx
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ namespace build2
{
// Ad hoc rule regex pattern.
//
+ // The name signature is stored in match_extra::buffer while the regex
+ // match_results object -- in the target auxiliary data storage. Both must
+ // remain valid until after the apply_*() calls.
+ //
// Note: exported since may be accessed by ad hoc recipe implementation.
//
class LIBBUILD2_SYMEXPORT adhoc_rule_regex_pattern: public adhoc_rule_pattern
diff --git a/libbuild2/rule.hxx b/libbuild2/rule.hxx
index e46c402..ad6b51c 100644
--- a/libbuild2/rule.hxx
+++ b/libbuild2/rule.hxx
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ namespace build2
// Used for both ad hoc pattern rules and ad hoc recipes. For recipes, it's
// essentially a rule of one case. Note that when used as part of a pattern,
// the implementation cannot use the match_extra::buffer nor the target
- // auxilary data storage.
+ // auxiliary data storage until the pattern's apply_*() calls have been
+ // made.
//
// Note: not exported.
//