/* Information about the match that the perl core uses to */ \
/* manage things */ \
U32 extflags; /* Flags used both externally and internally */ \
- I32 minlen; /* mininum possible length of string to match */\
- I32 minlenret; /* mininum possible length of $& */ \
+ I32 minlen; /* mininum possible number of chars in string to match */\
+ I32 minlenret; /* mininum possible number of chars in $& */ \
U32 gofs; /* chars left of pos that we search from */ \
/* substring data about strings that must appear in the */ \
/* final match, used for optimisations */ \