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subword.el regexps shouldn't be constants

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Subject: bug#16296: closed (Re: subword.el regexps shouldn't be constants)
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 05:51:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#16296: subword.el regexps shouldn't be constants

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 16296-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: subword.el regexps shouldn't be constants
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 21:50:20 -0800

I installed that patch; thanks.

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From: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: subword.el regexps shouldn't be constants
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:43:10 +1300

I notice that a recent(ish) change in subword.el changed the two
regexps (subword-forward-regexp and subword-backward-regexp) into
constants.

The reason for splitting them out into variables in the first
place was to help make subword-mode easily adaptable to other
situations where similar functionality was needed, but for different
definitions of 'subword'.

For the situation where the normal subword-forward/backward-function
values are fine and you simply need buffer-local overrides for the
regexps, this newer change would seem to be counter-productive.

Can we please revert it?

-Phil

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