GNU bug report logs - #9681
Broken behaviour of re-search-backward (.+ matching only a single character)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 09:20:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Merged with 11025, 24801

Found in versions 23.1, 25.1

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 9681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9681: Broken behaviour of re-search-backward (.+ matching
	only a single character)
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:57:09 -0400

> If this curious inconsistency of `re-search-backward' with
> `re-search-forward' is intentional (which I hope it is not), it should
> be documented, but I couldn't find anything in the manuals or
> docstrings.

re-search-* stops at the first character position that has a match.
And then it chooses the longest match at that position.


        Stefan
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