GNU bug report logs - #36237
Support (rx (and (regexp EXPR) (regexp-quote EXPR)))

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:44:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 6985

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #41 received at 36237 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
 Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>,
 Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com, 36237 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36237: Support (rx (and (regexp EXPR) (regexp-quote EXPR)))
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:57:53 +0300

> I kinda hope not (but again, I'm ignorant of the
> context).  If this is meant to stand for a regexp
> thingie, and you want an alternative to `rx',
> please try for something that suggests "regexp"
> or "regular expression" - `rx2', `rex', `rgx',
> `rg' ... - something suggestive.
>
> (We've had 45+ years of `C' as the successor to
> `B'.  Surely we can do better. ;-))

rx++
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