GNU bug report logs - #24801
25.1; Reverse regexp search highlighting

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Message #17 received at 24801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Cc: 24801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#24801: 25.1; Reverse regexp search highlighting
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:51:53 -0700 (PDT)

> Isn't it?  The match of aa.* "whose beginning is as close as
> possible" when point is at the of a line of a's, is "aa".  So it seems
> expected that searching backwards would match pairs of a's.

You are right.

> Can you describe exactly how the behaviour is different in Emacs 22?

I was mistaken.  The same search hits are found in 22 (and before)
as now.  Somehow I thought I was seeing something different when
I tried 22 and 20 earlier today.

> Actually, this report looks similar to 9681, although I see no
> claims there that it worked in version 22.

Yes, this is the same.  I will close this bug.

Funny that I never noticed this before.  I guess that in practice
it doesn't bite that often.  It is multiple matches in the same
line that makes this really stand out as weird behavior.

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