* re.c (last_match): Added note to the doc that last_match is local to current scope [ruby-core:25833]

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8@25166 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

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diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index b9133f7798..ed03980685 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -2325,6 +2325,9 @@ match_setter(val)
  *  last successful pattern match. Equivalent to reading the global variable
  *  <code>$~</code>. The second form returns the nth field in this
  *  <code>MatchData</code> object.
+ *
+ *  Note that the <code>last_match</code> is local to the scope
+ *  of the method that did the pattern match.
  *     
  *     /c(.)t/ =~ 'cat'       #=> 0
  *     Regexp.last_match      #=> #<MatchData:0x401b3d30>