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bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds
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Eric Abrahamsen |
Subject: |
bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds |
Date: |
Thu, 24 May 2018 17:36:46 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> writes:
> Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
>
>>> +Note that searching backwards may give a shorter match than expected,
>>> +because the matching still happens in the forward direction. See Info
>>> +anchor `(elisp) re-search-backward' for details. */)
>
>> Too bad that the anchor is located after the relevant description.
>
> I don't understand what you mean.
>
>> FWIW; I still prefer the original sentence, I find it describes the
>> behavior best, and short (which is good for a docstring). It is also
>> good to have an alternative and more verbose explanation in the manual.
>
> I find the original sentence kind of cryptic, but I'm okay to be
> outvoted on this.
I think Drew's statement that "the pattern is always matched in a
forward direction, even when it matches text that is before point" makes
a lot of sense. That's just a 2ยข, though, that's all I've got for this
issue.
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Michael Heerdegen, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Eric Abrahamsen, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Michael Heerdegen, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Noam Postavsky, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Michael Heerdegen, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Noam Postavsky, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Michael Heerdegen, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Noam Postavsky, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds,
Eric Abrahamsen <=
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Michael Heerdegen, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Noam Postavsky, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Michael Heerdegen, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/05/25
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Noam Postavsky, 2018/05/25
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Eric Abrahamsen, 2018/05/24
- bug#31584: 27.0.50; Document again what match re-search-backward finds, Drew Adams, 2018/05/24