GNU bug report logs - #37659
rx additions: anychar, unmatchable, unordered-or

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Message #91 received at 37659 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: psainty <at> orcon.net.nz, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 37659 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37659: rx additions: anychar, unmatchable, unordered-or
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 09:45:34 +0200

> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
> Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:23:01 +0100
> Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, psainty <at> orcon.net.nz, 37659 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Now only the 'compositionality' patch remains. As noted it could be done on master, but since it is motivated by user-defined forms which were introduced in Emacs 27, I'd rather like it to be done in that branch.
> 
> It simply seems a bit incomplete otherwise.

The important question is: is "incomplete" really so bad here.  We
have a few features that need to be completed in future releases, so
this one isn't alone.

I don't have a strong opinion either way.

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