bug#3001: marked as done (23.0.92; doc for regexp construct (?:)

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> Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:41:48 -0700
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> Emacs calls regexp groups that use the grouping construct "(?:" "shy
> groups".  I don't get the impression that that is a common term for
> this construct, outside Emacs.  Googling "shy group" shows only Emacs
> hits.  Googling and searching for regexp groups shows that terms such
> as "non-capturing group" and "unnumbered group" are more typically
> used for "(?:".
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> And the Emacs doc for "(?:" even explains it as an unnumbered group.
> It doesn't explain or hint at the meaning of "shy" at all.  This seems
> like a poor choice of words.
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> "Shy" might already have become the Emacs "traditional" terminology,
> so that it can't easily be replaced (some people will look for it).
> But at least some explanation of the use of the word "shy" is in
> order, if only for mnemonic purposes.  What were you thinking? ;-)
> (Perhaps it is translated from some other language, where it has more
> than one meaning?)
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> More importantly, this construct does not appear to be indexed in the
> manual.  It should be indexed under "(: in regexp", as well as under
> "regexp non-capturing group" and "regexp unnumbered group" - and of
> course "regexp shy group", if that term is kept.
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> In GNU Emacs 23.0.92.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2009-03-30 on SOFT-MJASON
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'
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> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:57:04 -0400
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> I've updated the manual to include "shy groups", "non-capturing groups",
> and "unnumbered groups" in the index, and to introduce the latter two
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