# :c:func: block (i.e. ":c:func:`mmap()`s" flakes out), so the last
# bit tries to restrict matches to things that won't create trouble.
#
-RE_function = re.compile(r'(([\w_][\w\d_]+)\(\))')
+RE_function = re.compile(r'\b(([a-zA-Z_]\w+)\(\))', flags=re.ASCII)
#
# Sphinx 2 uses the same :c:type role for struct, union, enum and typedef
#
-RE_generic_type = re.compile(r'(struct|union|enum|typedef)\s+([\w_][\w\d_]+)')
+RE_generic_type = re.compile(r'\b(struct|union|enum|typedef)\s+([a-zA-Z_]\w+)',
+ flags=re.ASCII)
#
# Sphinx 3 uses a different C role for each one of struct, union, enum and
# Detects a reference to a documentation page of the form Documentation/... with
# an optional extension
#
-RE_doc = re.compile(r'Documentation(/[\w\-_/]+)(\.\w+)*')
+RE_doc = re.compile(r'\bDocumentation(/[\w\-_/]+)(\.\w+)*')
#
# Many places in the docs refer to common system calls. It is