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26.3; doc string of `read-regexp'

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 46088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46088: 26.3; doc string of `read-regexp'
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 03:37:51 +0100

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

> A. This is unclear, to me:
>
>  If DEFAULTS is a non-nil symbol, then if `read-regexp-defaults-function'
>  is non-nil, we use that in place of DEFAULTS in the following:
>    If DEFAULTS is the symbol `regexp-history-last', we use the first
>    element of HISTORY (if specified) or `regexp-history'.
>    If DEFAULTS is a function, we call it with no arguments and use
>    what it returns, which should be either nil, a string, or a list of strings.

That is pretty hard to parse, but the semantics are pretty convoluted,
too.  It's saying that if DEFAULTS is a symbol, then the actual value
used comes from `read-regexp-defaults-function' in the two cases
described.  That is, if `read-regexp-defaults-function' is non-nil.

I've now tried to reformulate this in Emacs 28, but it's a case of the
code being easier to read than trying to actually describe the semantics.

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