tags 24914 + patch
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Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Such error text does not, generally and directly, tell
> users that the input is incomplete.  Users very familiar
> with regexps might understand that such a msg implies
> that input is incomplete, but not everyone will get that.

Hmm, I hadn't considered that possibility, but I will allow that *could*
be a symptom of my being overly familiar with regexp syntax.

> You apparently think there is never any value in
> telling users that the input pattern is not
> complete as a regexp.  I disagree.  We apparently
> agree that at least in some cases the specific
> regexp-invalidity message is more helpful.

Okay, I've looked at the error messages a bit more closely, and I
believe all the "Invalid ..." ones should never be considered
"incomplete".  See commit message for details.