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23.0.91; inconsistent regexps with "explicitly numbered group"

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: 2881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Joe Corneli <holtzermann17 <at> gmail.com>, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2881: 23.0.91; inconsistent regexps with "explicitly numbered group"
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:32:01 +0200

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

> Joe Corneli <holtzermann17 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Please execute the following forms with C-x C-e.  Form 1
>> and Form 3 return `t' (Yes, we are looking at the
>> indicated regular expression), whereas Form 2 returns
>> `nil' (even though from the Elisp reference page "34.3.1.3
>> Backslash Constructs in Regular Expressions", it appears
>> that this form ought to return `t' like the others).
>
>      `\|' applies to the largest possible surrounding expressions.
>      Only a surrounding `\( ... \)' grouping can limit the grouping
>      power of `\|'.
>
>> (let ((possible-environments
>>        "\\(?1:lisp\\)\\|\\(?1:idea\\)\\|\\(?1:common\\)") )
>>       (looking-at
>>             (concat "\n*?\\\\begin{"
>>                     possible-environments
>>                     "}")))
>
>
> The three alternatives of this regexp are "\n*?\\\\begin{\\(?1:lisp\\)",
> "\\(?1:idea\\)" and "\\(?1:common\\)".

The last one is "\\(?1:common\\)}", of course.

Andreas.

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