GNU bug report logs - #25366
26.0.50; [:blank:] character class should match all Unicode horizontal whitespace

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: control <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25366: 26.0.50;
 [:blank:] character class should match all Unicode horizontal
 whitespace
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 18:08:08 -0500

severity 25366 wishlist
tags 25366 confirmed
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:46:01 +0100
>> 
>> (string-match-p "[[:blank:]]" "\N{HAIR SPACE}")
>> => nil, expected 0
>> 
>> [[:blank:]] should be the same as \h in PRCE.
>
> We are consistent with our documentation, but I agree that it would be
> good to extend [:blank:], as proposed here:
>
>   http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/tr18-19.html#Compatibility_Properties
>
> Patches to that effect are welcome.

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