GNU bug report logs - #38170
27.0.50; [PATCH] rx.el: Fix misplaced "char" identifiers.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Zhu Zihao <all_but_last <at> 163.com>

Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:40:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug, patch

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: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: 38170 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Zhu Zihao <all_but_last <at> 163.com>
Subject: bug#38170: 27.0.50; [PATCH] rx.el: Fix misplaced "char" identifiers.
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:37:09 +0100

Thanks for the report! However, there may be a misunderstanding:

(char ...) as an alias for (any ...) was a documented feature of the old implementation and was therefore preserved in the re-write; it cannot be removed without a very good justification.

'char' as an alias for 'not-newline' was never documented in the first place and because of the rather intuitive meaning, it was considered to be an implementation accident and therefore not included.

Therefore I'd rather not apply the proposed changes.
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