typo in regex 0.10 prevents use in pre-ANSI C

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From: Paul Eggert
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:38

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A typo in regex.h causes compilation to fail in pre-ANSI C compilers
(e.g. SunOS 4.1.2 cc).  Here is a patch.

===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/regex.h,v
retrieving revision 0.10
diff -c -r0.10 regex.h
*** regex.h	1992/09/09 10:33:48	0.10
--- regex.h	1992/09/11 15:25:23
***************
*** 396,402 ****
  #if __STDC__
  #define _RE_ARGS(args) args
  #else
! #define _RE_ARGS(args)
  #define const
  #endif
  
--- 396,402 ----
  #if __STDC__
  #define _RE_ARGS(args) args
  #else
! #define _RE_ARGS(args) ()
  #define const
  #endif

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