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Re: rx.el sexp regexp syntax
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: rx.el sexp regexp syntax |
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Wed, 30 May 2018 23:53:16 -0400 |
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> > The clearer representation of structure is not the same thing as
> > verbosity. rx does both, but they are not the same thing. We could
> > envision making the structure more or less equally clear without
> > making the patterns so long.
> It's not clear to me how you'd do that.
I don't see a specific way either, but someone might come up with a way.
I'm suggesting this as a topic of investigation.
> and frankly being able to write 'bos' rather than remembering '\\`' or
> 'symbol-start' rather than '\\_<' is a net win in my eyes.
I agree, as regards those. On the other hand, those strings might not
be the best. Maybe 'text<' and 'sym<' would be better. We could
have a series of keywords, XYZ< and XYZ>, which would be as systematic
as now or more so, and shorter too.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
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- Re: rx.el sexp regexp syntax, Stefan Monnier, 2018/05/28
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- Re: rx.el sexp regexp syntax, Robert Pluim, 2018/05/29
- Re: rx.el sexp regexp syntax, Philipp Stephani, 2018/05/29
- Re: rx.el sexp regexp syntax, Richard Stallman, 2018/05/29
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