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replace-match unhelpful error message

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Message #42 received at 19208 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Phillip Lord <phillip.lord <at> newcastle.ac.uk>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 19208 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#19208: replace-match unhelpful error message
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 17:13:12 +0200

On Aug 04 2019, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> I think ((120 < height) && (height < 200)) is the closest we can get to
> the natural phrasing.

"X is between A and B" means "X is bigger than A and [X is] smaller than
B".  You would never say "A is smaller than X and [X is] smaller than
B".

Andreas.

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