GNU bug report logs - #36496
[PATCH] Describe the rx notation in the lisp manual

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 12:14:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 31698

Found in version 27.0

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 36496 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, 36496 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36496: [PATCH] Describe the rx notation in the lisp manual
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 09:47:30 +0300

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, 36496 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 20:10:26 -0400
> 
> In the past, various practical factors have made rx somewhat inconvenient,
> and that prevented rx from competing with the regexp syntax.
> Recently we have made some improvements in rx; are they enough to
> make rx a real competitor for regexps?

I cannot answer the question without knowing which practical factors
made rx inconvenient in the past.  Where can one find this
information?
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 22 days ago.

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