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[PATCH] Autoload `re-disassemble'

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Message #36 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: yantar92 <at> posteo.net, 70696 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70696: [PATCH] Autoload `re-disassemble'
Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 14:40:37 +0300

tags 70696 notabug wontfix
close 70696
thanks

> Cc: 70696 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 10:40:04 -0400
> From:  Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > So, I tried to play around with this new function, attempting to see if
> > it can be of any use to simplify regular expressions. (Spoiler: alas, it
> > is not by itself useful, without knowing the internals of Emacs regexp
> > engine.)
> 
> Thanks.  That confirms my impression that it's useful only for people
> working on the regexp engine.

I guess this means we don't want to autoload this command, and I'm
therefore closing this bug as wontfix.

Thanks.

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