GNU bug report logs - #36372
27.0.50; replace-regexp-in-string skips START first chars in return value

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 36372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36372: 27.0.50; replace-regexp-in-string skips START first chars in return value [PATCH]
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:11:34 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:01:45 +0200, Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org> said:
    >> 'at that index in STRING, and omit the first START characters from the
    >> return value.'

    Mattias> Thank you, but that would approach circular reasoning (from what return value, exactly? The one that we are in the process of defining?). I went with

    Mattias> [...] If START is non-nil, start replacements at that index in STRING, and omit the first START characters of STRING from the return value.

Sure, that works.

Robert
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