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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, 36372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36372: 27.0.50;
 replace-regexp-in-string skips START first chars in return value
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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:51:01 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:51:41 +0200
> Cc: 36372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> So it isn't used in-tree at all.  Since it's an (in my opinion) pretty
> useless parameter as it's currently implemented, I think we should
> deprecate the parameter and remove the documentation.

I disagree.  This has been in Emacs since 2000, it's too late to
remove it.  We must assume that whoever wrote the code (which operated
like that from the get-go) actually meant for it to operate like that.

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