GNU bug report logs - #32328
match-beginning: return nil if search failed

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>

Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 05:57:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: 32328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32328: match-beginning: return nil if search failed
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:59:06 +0200

match-beginning tells: Return value is undefined if the last search failed.

Consider it a gain if it returns nil when failing.

Thanks,
Andreas
GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.14.5) of 
2018-05-29
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 320 days ago.

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