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23.0.96; Emacs Lisp typo

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: waterloo <waterloo2005 <at> gmail.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.96; Emacs Lisp typo
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:41:54 +0800

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and the precise symptoms of the bug:

In 34.3.1.1 Emacs Lisp Reference ,
     Note that `\' also has special meaning in the read syntax of Lisp
     strings (*note String Type::), and must be quoted with `\'.  For
     example, the regular expression that matches the `\' character is
     `\\'.  To write a Lisp string that contains the characters `\\',
     Lisp syntax requires you to quote each `\' with another `\'.
     Therefore, the read syntax for a regular expression matching `\'
     is `"\\\\"'.
The last sentence , it should be " .... matching `\\' is `"\\\\"'  ".

If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
/usr/share/emacs/23.0.96/etc/DEBUG for instructions.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.96.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.1)
 of 2009-07-09 on laptop
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10503000
configured using `configure  '--prefix=/usr' '--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu'
'--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--mandir=/usr/share/man'
'--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--sysconfdir=/etc'
'--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--program-suffix=-emacs-23'
'--infodir=/usr/share/info/emacs-23' '--with-sound' '--with-x'
'--without-toolkit-scroll-bars' '--with-gif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png'
'--with-rsvg' '--with-tiff' '--with-xpm' '--with-xft' '--without-libotf'
'--without-m17n-flt' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--without-hesiod'
'--without-kerberos' '--without-kerberos5' '--with-gpm' '--with-dbus'
'build_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-O2
-march=pentium-m -pipe' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_CTYPE: zh_CN.UTF-8
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_MONETARY: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_TIME: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=SCIM
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Info

Minor modes in effect:
  TeX-source-specials-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  global-auto-complete-mode: t
  desktop-save-mode: t
  yas/minor-mode: t
  auto-image-file-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  abbrev-mode: t

Recent input:
<triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4>
<triple-mouse-4> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4>
<double-mouse-4> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-1>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-5>
<mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5> <down-mouse-5>
<mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5>
<double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5>
<down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5>
<triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5>
<triple-mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5>
<double-mouse-5> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4>
<double-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4>
<down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> ^
<help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-1> SPC <backspace> SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC <down-mouse-5>
<mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5>
<double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5>
<down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5>
<mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5> <down-mouse-4>
<mouse-4> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5>
<double-mouse-5> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <down-mouse-5>
<mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4>
<double-down-mouse-4> <double-mouse-4> <down-mouse-5>
<mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5>
<triple-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5>
<down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5>
<down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement>
<drag-mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-1> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5>
<down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5>
<mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5>
<down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5>
<triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5>
<triple-mouse-5> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4>
<double-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4>
<triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4> <down-mouse-4>
<mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4> <double-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4>
<triple-mouse-4> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5>
<double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5>
<down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <help-echo>
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-2> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <tool-bar> <Back in history> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-4>
<mouse-4> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-2> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <tool-bar> <Back in history>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-1> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5>
<double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5>
<triple-mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5>
<double-mouse-5> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4>
<double-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4>
<triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4>
<triple-mouse-4> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5>
<double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5>
<down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <help-echo>
<down-mouse-1> <help-echo> <mouse-2> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<tool-bar> <Back in history> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-2> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<tool-bar> <Back in history> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-1> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <send-emacs-bug
-report>

Recent messages:
bunzip2ing elisp-1.info.bz2...done
bunzip2ing elisp-7.info.bz2...done
bunzip2ing elisp-1.info.bz2...done
bunzip2ing elisp-7.info.bz2...done
bunzip2ing elisp-1.info.bz2...done
bunzip2ing elisp-7.info.bz2...done
bunzip2ing elisp-1.info.bz2...done
bunzip2ing elisp-7.info.bz2...done
bunzip2ing elisp-1.info.bz2...done
bunzip2ing elisp-7.info.bz2...done

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Message #10 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: waterloo <waterloo2005 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 3820 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3820: 23.0.96; Emacs Lisp typo
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:59:43 +0200

waterloo <waterloo2005 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> In 34.3.1.1 Emacs Lisp Reference ,
>      Note that `\' also has special meaning in the read syntax of Lisp
>      strings (*note String Type::), and must be quoted with `\'.  For
>      example, the regular expression that matches the `\' character is
>      `\\'.  To write a Lisp string that contains the characters `\\',
>      Lisp syntax requires you to quote each `\' with another `\'.
>      Therefore, the read syntax for a regular expression matching `\'
>      is `"\\\\"'.
> The last sentence , it should be " .... matching `\\' is `"\\\\"'  ".

No, that string matches only a single backslash when interpreted as a
regexp.

Andreas.

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