bug#38539: char-fold-to-regexp and search-whitespace-regexp

[Juri Linkov]

tags 38539 fixed
close 38539 28.0.50
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>> It would be natural to expect that when char-fold-symmetric
>> is customized to non-nil, searching for ‘C-s M-s ' 1 2’
>> will also match the above lines.
>>
>> After applying this patch, it does.
>
> I think that makes a lot of sense -- you'd expect nonbreaking space and
> space to be handled equivalently when char-fold-symmetric is switched on.
>
> I didn't see anybody objecting to the patch, so I think you should just
> apply it and see whether anybody has any comments.

I was unsure about validity of this patch, but since it works,
now pushed to master, and closed both this and bug#22147.