"weird matching" meaning in English

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        "A type of matching where the newline character matches newlines but the wildcard character also does."
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        "(regular expressions, rare) A type of matching where the newline character matches newlines but the wildcard character also does."
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          "word": "inverse partial newline-sensitive matching"
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  "word": "weird matching"
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        "A type of matching where the newline character matches newlines but the wildcard character also does."
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