Subject: bug#9410: Example

From: Dave Abrahams <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:50:49 -0800

One example of the kind of thing that results: I write regexps like this
to match any group on my LocalIMAP server, which is the primary select
method.  

  ^\(\(nnimap\+\)?LocalIMAP:\)?[^+]*$

Though it's painful, I *can* program defensively like this when
a regexp is involved.  Where it becomes an insurmountable issue is where
the actual group name is needed rather than a regexp.

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Dave Abrahams
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