Subject: bug#36354: 26.1; In re-builder the command `reb-copy' doesn't copy the regex correctly in string mode, Recipe

From: Noam Postavsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 05:16:56 -0400

Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:

> leo <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>>
>> 1. Start `re-builder'.
>> 2. Build a regex in `re-builder'
>> 3. Switch via C-c TAB to "string" syntax .
>> 4. Copy the regex via `reb-copy'
>>
>> The result cannot be pasted in any regex replace prompt, but that is
>> exactly the place where string syntax is used.
>
> This seems like a deliberate feature:
>
> ;; (The compiled string form will be copied by `reb-copy')

I agree it seems to be a deliberate decision, but I'm not so sure it's a
good one.