From unknown Fri Sep 19 18:23:45 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#21279 <21279@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#21279 <21279@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 24.4; (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous string-match fails Reply-To: bug#21279 <21279@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 01:23:45 +0000 retitle 21279 24.4; (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous s= tring-match fails=20 reassign 21279 emacs submitter 21279 Ernesto Alfonso severity 21279 minor thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Aug 17 02:26:31 2015 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Aug 2015 06:26:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57883 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRDsK-0004Vl-Vt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:26:30 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45578) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRAyK-0007qM-0M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:20:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRAyH-0007zj-Hp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:20:27 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:57672) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRAyH-0007zd-Ed for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:20:25 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55569) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRAyF-0001fa-HQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:20:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRAyA-0007tt-D7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:20:23 -0400 Received: from mail-oi0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22c]:35695) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRAyA-0007t4-5P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:20:18 -0400 Received: by oiew67 with SMTP id w67so54158929oie.2 for ; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:20:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=M3nWP+J58OoNV84BiWvnO6rOQHXIDOm47DOrozE0ODA=; b=HkyGZXrVLdfc184yYFGGFA5+cmrLUFSCVeAo2AoULpK7bfh+etZ5O45MNPnOc6Kadw b4V+8sG9MWyMulwGSRHDprBq8ZvYU939AUi4nj2OO/z2B48jJbPzwfD/s1DMRXKD1j9Q 8aleAqjCCJNqBBkJSJbfSZqrZ8giGYntjbCYLDZDmyUknQp5jS73+ZZmDf9toFQcnnSk VkhkIztvNb5oOV11unWyk7LkC+704NvKnOsdLcsG5Xpi8rC6cOUfHbw0qKL6D8xkP7MH N/Jjb0LbkTK1jpgZzglnzV0f2ZhRXUsAL8i0z8cHiG/ElF2V+uarLO2J3ArKSli5A8VN O4/Q== X-Received: by 10.202.96.8 with SMTP id u8mr47925153oib.77.1439781617138; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:20:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian-lenovo (162-228-201-6.lightspeed.miamfl.sbcglobal.net. [162.228.201.6]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n127sm7321272oia.11.2015.08.16.20.20.14 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:20:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Ernesto Alfonso X-Google-Original-From: Ernesto Alfonso To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 24.4; (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous string-match fails Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:20:11 -0400 Message-ID: <878u9a4n4k.fsf@andrew.cmu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:26:26 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous string-match fails: (progn (string-match "a+" "aaa") (match-end 0) (string-match "a+" "bbb") (match-end 0)) returns 3, should be nil: "match-end is a built-in function in `search.c'. [...] Value is nil if SUBEXPth pair didn't match, or there were less than SUBEXP pairs. 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X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (charybdis-ext.suse.de [195.135.220.254]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24041ADCF; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 07:26:39 +0000 (UTC) From: Andreas Schwab To: Ernesto Alfonso Subject: Re: bug#21279: 24.4; (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous string-match fails References: <878u9a4n4k.fsf@andrew.cmu.edu> X-Yow: Everything will be ALL RIGHT if we can just remember things about ALGEBRA.. or SOCCER.. or SOCIALISM.. Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:26:39 +0200 In-Reply-To: <878u9a4n4k.fsf@andrew.cmu.edu> (Ernesto Alfonso's message of "Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:20:11 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 21279 Cc: 21279@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) Ernesto Alfonso writes: > (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous string-match fails: A failing match doesn't set match-data. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, schwab@suse.de GPG Key fingerprint = 0196 BAD8 1CE9 1970 F4BE 1748 E4D4 88E3 0EEA B9D7 "And now for something completely different." From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Aug 17 03:34:12 2015 Received: (at 21279) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Aug 2015 07:34:13 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57908 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZREvs-0007s1-LD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 03:34:12 -0400 Received: from mail-oi0-f51.google.com ([209.85.218.51]:35274) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZREvp-0007rs-Pa for 21279@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 03:34:10 -0400 Received: by oiew67 with SMTP id w67so56572966oie.2 for <21279@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:34:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=7LBwUsVuOwel8iIHISpyysxhdyoskUYAj/CuzNinU74=; b=CpN6LYGndZ0scKM63I4h7vD25lZBeM7B5tmd2fsEH9pSZxlRKeM0VI9zCxlunyw6tg KwueRVj1687N7A0QOVLrArrgYe04hXAwwu6MgbnTuJjNxHn2DUasNCsCPDwL7vjO2Gnk JA1aSb7TSh6ZDtnii6KpY4x/oQ1c6fClv/Vh+maNW1+2Bw3a7j2wLAeKLTm1ZEULpyI9 MiPuELsqmyQ1WxXbsrNLdF/JyMVCjE17pmq84IfpQ7XFIf0w1r7M16gWyhrV8M5bko5F rmzGdhJ4U6t5Mko9hqbp+n/UPr/7ZRFcAu/jiXw/neNZ9aW4zvw0fo4EWcBoQ4pz2huq iWHA== X-Received: by 10.202.228.12 with SMTP id b12mr51979oih.96.1439796849201; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:34:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian-lenovo (162-228-201-6.lightspeed.miamfl.sbcglobal.net. [162.228.201.6]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g10sm7594242obw.2.2015.08.17.00.34.07 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:34:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Ernesto Alfonso X-Google-Original-From: Ernesto Alfonso To: Andreas Schwab Subject: Re: bug#21279: 24.4; (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous string-match fails References: <878u9a4n4k.fsf@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 03:34:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:26:39 +0200") Message-ID: <871tf24bdd.fsf@andrew.cmu.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 21279 Cc: Ernesto Alfonso , 21279@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) I see. I think the documentation of match-end and others should be updated, though, since right now it is a little misleading: "Value is nil if SUBEXPth pair didn't match, or there were less than SUBEXP pairs. " seems to suggest that if match fails, value should be nil. I was certaily confused. Ernesto Andreas Schwab writes: > Ernesto Alfonso writes: > >> (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous string-match fails: > > A failing match doesn't set match-data. > > Andreas. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Aug 18 02:51:19 2015 Received: (at 21279-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Aug 2015 06:51:19 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58617 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRaju-0005CB-Q8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 02:51:19 -0400 Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:56001) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRajs-0005C2-OC for 21279-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 02:51:17 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A6E4160658; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:51:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id qv9hDFsBQ8ZB; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:51:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3D50160D7A; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:51:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.cs.ucla.edu Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id dIG5Gea80X-U; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (pool-100-32-155-148.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [100.32.155.148]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CFE98160658; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <55D2D5DE.50100@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:51:10 -0700 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ernesto Alfonso Subject: Re: 24.4; (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous string-match fails Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 21279-done Cc: 21279-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) I updated the documentation along the lines that you suggested, as master commit 7a68ebe0485d049a3fbbfd77d0ba5773e8e6ae87 and am marking this bug as done. 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