Search for "->" returns no results in scope of "All Documents in Directory"

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. fill "Find what:" with the string "->" (without quotes)
2. set scope to "All Documents in Directory"
3. press "Find All"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
- no results are provided, even if the string is present in the searched files

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
- gedit 3.2.3
- advanced-find 3.3.8
- Linux Mint 12

Please provide any additional information below.
- this problem is specific to the string "->", just searching for "-" or ">" 
works

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ir4o.o91...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2012 at 11:14

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It's limit of grep, I will try to avoid it.
Thanks for your report.

Original comment by swatch.c...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2012 at 11:36

• Changed state: Accepted

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Original comment by swatch.c...@gmail.com on 2 May 2012 at 11:53

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Fixed at v3.4.0.

Original comment by swatch.c...@gmail.com on 3 May 2012 at 4:01

• Changed state: Fixed

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I can confirm that this but is fixed now.

Original comment by ir4o.o91...@gmail.com on 3 May 2012 at 4:25

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Original comment by swatch.c...@gmail.com on 3 May 2012 at 4:49

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