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doc: update REPL documentation to instantiate the REPL
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Expand Up @@ -332,10 +332,20 @@ function myWriter(output) {
added: v0.1.91
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* `options` {Object|string} See [`repl.start()`][]
* Extends: {readline.Interface}

Instances of `repl.REPLServer` are created using the `repl.start()` method and
*should not* be created directly using the JavaScript `new` keyword.
Instances of `repl.REPLServer` are created using the [`repl.start()`][] method
or directly using the JavaScript `new` keyword.

```js
const repl = require('repl');

const options = { useColors: true };

const firstInstance = repl.start(options);
const secondInstance = new repl.REPLServer(options);
```

### Event: 'exit'
<!-- YAML
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -702,6 +712,7 @@ For an example of running a REPL instance over [curl(1)][], see:
[`process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback()`]: process.html#process_process_setuncaughtexceptioncapturecallback_fn
[`readline.InterfaceCompleter`]: readline.html#readline_use_of_the_completer_function
[`repl.ReplServer`]: #repl_class_replserver
[`repl.start()`]: #repl_repl_start_options
[`util.inspect()`]: util.html#util_util_inspect_object_options
[curl(1)]: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html
[stream]: stream.html