GNU bug report logs - #9410
Manual should clearly define "group name"

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Package: gnus;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:42:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 5.110018

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 9410 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: 9410 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Example
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.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com
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