GNU bug report logs - #8776
rx has nothing for `explicitly numbered group construct'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: shigeru.fukaya <at> gmail.com

Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 21:28:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Merged with 6384

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: shigeru.fukaya <at> gmail.com
Cc: 8776 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8776: rx has nothing for `explicitly numbered group construct'
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:13:12 -0400

shigeru.fukaya <at> gmail.com writes:

> rx.el in 23.1 through 24.50 has nothing for a regexp notation
> of "explicitly numbered group" construct incorporated in 23.1.
>
> Maybe would it be something like,
>
> `(group 'NUM ...)' or `(group-n NUM ...)'
>
> for `\(?NUM: ... \)', where NUM is an integer?

group-n sounds good.  I've added it; thanks for the suggestion.
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