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'grep --ignore-case --color' does not always color the matches

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Message #23 received at 39678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Tomasz Dziendzielski <tomasz.dziendzielski <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 39678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39678: 'grep --ignore-case --color' does not always color the
 matches
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 21:08:30 -0700

On 10/17/21 15:15, Tomasz Dziendzielski wrote:
> It's being printed even when re_search in EGexecute doesn't return a match.

Gexecute should return a match, though, right? This is because the 
pattern '\a' matches the data 'a'. So it sounds like the bug is in 
EGexecute somewhere, not in its caller.

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