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bug#36496: [PATCH] Describe the rx notation in the lisp manual
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Richard Stallman |
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bug#36496: [PATCH] Describe the rx notation in the lisp manual |
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Sat, 06 Jul 2019 19:59:47 -0400 |
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> > In the past, various practical factors have made rx somewhat inconvenient,
> > and that prevented rx from competing with the regexp syntax.
> > Recently we have made some improvements in rx; are they enough to
> > make rx a real competitor for regexps?
> I cannot answer the question without knowing which practical factors
> made rx inconvenient in the past. Where can one find this
> information?
I don't know. I think people discussed it in the
past -- perhaps on emacs-devel. I don't remember details.
What's clear is that rx didn't replace regexp syntax in the past.
There had to be reasons.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
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