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Re: modern regexes in emacs


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: modern regexes in emacs
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:08:08 -0500

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  > We don't need a read syntax for all new objects.  For instance, we have
  > no read syntax for

  > (window-frame) -> #<frame emacs 0x562a456cefb0>

That is ok for things like windows, frames, and buffers, but
I think users will expect regexps to be more like strings and numbers.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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