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26.3; regular expressions documentation

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, 41006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com, rtm443x <at> googlemail.com
Subject: bug#41006: 26.3; regular expressions documentation
Date: Fri, 08 May 2020 23:48:08 -0400

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  > > IOW, separate using regexps (searching and matching)
  > > from details about what regexps are and what their
  > > syntax is.

  > This is the exact opposite of what I proposed, I think.

  > I argued that keeping them together would be more user-friendly and
  > pedagogical.  Could you expand on why keeping them separate is better,
  > in your opinion?

I have a hunch that you are miscommunicating using "separate" and
"together" in slightly different ways, and that you don't really
disagree much.

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