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bug#21279: 24.4; (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous s
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Ernesto Alfonso |
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bug#21279: 24.4; (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous string-match fails |
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Mon, 17 Aug 2015 03:34:06 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) |
I see.
I think the documentation of match-end and others should be updated, though,
since right now it is a little misleading:
"Value is nil if SUBEXPth pair didn't match, or there were less than
SUBEXP pairs.
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seems to suggest that if match fails, value should be nil. I was certaily
confused.
Ernesto
Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:
> Ernesto Alfonso <erjoalgo@gmail.com> writes:
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>> (match-end 0) doesn't always return nil when previous string-match fails:
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> A failing match doesn't set match-data.
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> Andreas.