GNU bug report logs - #19208
replace-match unhelpful error message

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Reported by: phillip.lord <at> newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord)

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:01:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 19208 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Phillip Lord <phillip.lord <at> newcastle.ac.uk>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#19208: replace-match unhelpful error message
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 13:47:00 +0200

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> People might say things like "your height must be between 120 and 200 cm
> to ride this roller coaster" as opposed to "your height must be more
> than 120 cm and your height must be less than 200 cm".

And they don't say "120 cm must be less than your height, which must also
be less than 200 cm".  :-)

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