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[a-Z] is not a valid regex range in 3.0.7

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From: Taylan Kammer <taylan.kammer <at> gmail.com>
To: Marius Bakke <marius <at> gnu.org>, 48480 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48480: [a-Z] is not a valid regex range in 3.0.7
Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 17:33:47 +0200

On 17.05.2021 17:09, Marius Bakke wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> (make-regexp "[a-Z]") fails in Guile 3.0.7 with "Invalid range end".
> 
> This is a regression since 3.0.5.
> 

I think that's normal.

  $ grep -E '[a-Z]'
  grep: Invalid range end

You're supposed to use [a-zA-Z] or better yet, something locale-aware
such as [[:alpha:]].

I get the same error on Guile 2.2, are you sure that it ever worked?

-- 
Taylan

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