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replace-match unhelpful error message

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Message #33 received at 19208 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Phillip Lord <phillip.lord <at> newcastle.ac.uk>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 19208 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19208: replace-match unhelpful error message
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 11:18:17 +0200

On Aug 03 2019, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> I learned Leibniz conditionals from the late Val Schorre, who was *really*
> good at programming and programming style: Knuth credits Schorre with the
> invention of goto-less programming in the early 1960s. When I redid your
> patch as a Leibniz conditional, I instantly spotted the bug that it
> introduced. You might give Leibniz conditionals a try, as they help make
> code more readable and reliable when checking for range errors or
> overflow.

Perhaps those that need that construct are not good enough to cope with
natural languages.

Andreas.

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