GNU bug report logs - #5373
Example in font-lock-add-keywords should use shy subgroup

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:27:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 5373 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#5373: Example in font-lock-add-keywords should use shy  subgroup
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:08:12 +0100

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> It could.  But the use of a normal group is harmless.
>>
>> I thought it was slower?
>
> No, it's not.  Maybe you're thinking about greedy matching?  Anyway, I'm
> going to close this bug.


No, I was not. I just thought finding the extra match data was a bit slower.

Thanks for telling.
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