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26.0.50; [:blank:] character class should match all Unicode horizontal whitespace

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#25366: closed (Re: bug#25366: 26.0.50; [:blank:] character
 class should match all Unicode horizontal whitespace)
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:22:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#25366: 26.0.50; [:blank:] character class should match all Unicode horizontal whitespace

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 25366-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25366: 26.0.50; [:blank:] character class should match all
 Unicode horizontal whitespace
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:21:05 +0000

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Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am Fr., 6. Jan. 2017 um
20:10 Uhr:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> schrieb am Fr., 6. Jan. 2017 um 16:11 Uhr:
>
> > From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:00:22 +0000
> > Cc: 25366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> >
> http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/tr18-19.html#Compatibility_Properties
> >
> >  Patches to that effect are welcome.
> >
> > Here's a patch.
>
> Thanks.  A few minor comments below.
>
> > +/* Return true if C is a horizontal whitespace character, as defined
> > +   by http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/tr18-19.html#blank.  */
> > +bool
> > +blankp (int c)
> > +{
> > +  if (c == '\t')
> > +    return true;
>
> Why does this test explicitly only for a TAB?  What about SPC, for
> example?
>
>
> Because TAB is the only character that is blank, but doesn't have the
> general category Zs.
> I've now also included space and added a comment. The risk that the
> general category of space will ever be changed seems very small.
>
>
>
> > --- a/doc/lispref/searching.texi
> > +++ b/doc/lispref/searching.texi
> > @@ -553,7 +553,10 @@ Char Classes
> >  (@pxref{Character Properties}) indicates they are alphabetic
> >  characters.
> >  @item [:blank:]
> > -This matches space and tab only.
> > +This matches horizontal whitespace, as defined by Unicode Technical
> > +Standard #18.  In particular, it matches tabs and characters whose
> > +Unicode @samp{general-category} property (@pxref{Character
> > +Properties}) indicates they are spacing separators.
>
> Similarly here: I find the lack of reference to a space potentially
> confusing.
>
>
> Added.
>
>
>
> > +** The regular expression character class [:blank:] now matches
> > +Unicode horizontal whitespace as defined in
> > +http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/tr18-19.html#blank.
>
> The reference to a particular version of UTS#18 might become obsolete
> when a new version is released.  So I suggest to provide a general
> reference to the report and its section, not an exact URL.
>
>
> Done.
>


Pushed to master as 512e9886be.

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.0.50; [:blank:] character class should match all Unicode horizontal
 whitespace
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.


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