GNU bug report logs - #50644
Ungrokkable argument names in string-replace

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 16:10:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Ungrokkable argument names in string-replace
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 19:08:42 +0300

Especially INSTRING is hard to parse in:

 -- Function: string-replace fromstring tostring instring
     This function replaces all occurrences of FROMSTRING with TOSTRING
     in INSTRING and returns the result.  It may return one of its
     arguments unchanged, a constant string or a new string.  Case is
     significant, and text properties are ignored.

Whereas other functions like perform-replace use ‘-’ to separate words,
e.g. “FROM-STRING”:

 -- Function: perform-replace from-string replacements query-flag
          regexp-flag delimited-flag &optional repeat-count map start
          end backward region-noncontiguous-p
     This function is the guts of ‘query-replace’ and related commands.
     It searches for occurrences of FROM-STRING in the text between
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 50644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50644: Ungrokkable argument names in string-replace
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 18:25:22 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> Whereas other functions like perform-replace use ‘-’ to separate words,
> e.g. “FROM-STRING”:

Sure, go ahead and add dashes.

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Added tag(s) fixed. Request was from Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 18 Sep 2021 18:46:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug marked as fixed in version 28.0.50, send any further explanations to 50644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> Request was from Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 18 Sep 2021 18:46:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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