GNU bug report logs - #41006
26.3; regular expressions documentation

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Reported by: jan <rtm443x <at> googlemail.com>

Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 19:07:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.3

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #71 received at 41006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>,
 41006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rtm443x <at> googlemail.com
Subject: RE: bug#41006: 26.3; regular expressions documentation
Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 15:04:25 -0400

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> 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?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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