GNU bug report logs - #20901
Can't replace regexps with slash

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Emacs bug reports and feature requests <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Can't replace regexps with slash
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 07:27:05 -0700

replace-regexp currently mishandles regular expression replacement with 
characters like '/'.  I assume this is related to the recent changes with string 
search so I am CC'ing Artur.

This is with Emacs master (commit ff80437668dd0d5163c9e43f0c200b923b39166b).

To reproduce, run emacs -Q and type:

C-h t M-x replace-regexp RET .*/ RET RET

Emacs will respond "Replaced 0 occurrences" without changing the buffer.  It 
should replace 12 occurrences.

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