GNU bug report logs - #63398
28.2; Doc or behavior of replacement commands (e.g. `replace-string')

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 20:14:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 63398 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "63398 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <63398 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: bug#63398: 28.2; Doc or behavior of replacement
 commands (e.g. `replace-string')
Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 17:03:57 +0000

> The rules of replacement case-folding are more complex than documented.
> `replace-match' checks if the initial is a caseless word constituent
> like "0", and treats that like a lowercase initial.
> 
> So  "test a → test b" replaces "Test A" with "Test B",
> but "test 0 → test 1" replaces "Test 0" with "test 1".

Can we fix this?  Should the behavior be changed?
Should the behavior remain like this and the doc
be changed?
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 12 days ago.

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