Re: [Chicken-janitors] #686: irregex-replace/all doesn't grok `bos'

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#686: irregex-replace/all doesn't grok `bos'
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  Reporter:  syn             |       Owner:  sjamaan
      Type:  defect          |      Status:  new    
  Priority:  major           |   Milestone:         
 Component:  core libraries  |     Version:  4.7.x  
Resolution:                  |    Keywords:  irregex
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Description changed by syn:

Old description:

> When {{{irregex-replace/all}}} is given a pattern containing a {{{bos}}}
> anchor it will not behave as expected. For example this call:
>
>   (irregex-replace/all '(seq bos #\space) "   x   " "*")
>
> returns {{{"***x   "}}} rather than the expected {{{"*  x   "}}}.

New description:

 When {{{irregex-replace/all}}} is given a pattern containing a {{{bos}}}
 anchor it will not behave as expected. For example this call:

 {{{
   (irregex-replace/all '(seq bos #\space) "   x   " "*")
 }}}

 returns {{{"***x   "}}} rather than the expected {{{"*  x   "}}}.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/686#comment:5>
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