Re: Advanced query-replace-regexp in code

[Nordlöw]

On May 29, 4:14 am, Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <mailman.8013.1243539406.31690.help-gnu-em...@gnu.org>,
>  bojohan+n...@dd.chalmers.se (Johan Bockgard) wrote:
>
> > Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>
> > > In that case, why allow programs to call replace-regexp in the first
> > > place? If they can call it, why shouldn't they be able to use all the
> > > features?
>
> > They shouldn't call it:
>
> >     This function is usually the wrong thing to use in a Lisp program.
> >     What you probably want is a loop like this:
> >       (while (re-search-forward REGEXP nil t)
> >         (replace-match TO-STRING nil nil))
> >     which will run faster and will not set the mark or print anything.
>
> Regardless of whether they should or shouldn't use it, it still seems
> strange that the function interprets the second argument differently
> depending on whether it's use interactively or programmatically.  If it
> shouldn't be used programmatically, why is it important that this mode
> *not* recognize \,<expr>?
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
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I agree, this makes no sense as this is powerful feature, eventhough
it runs slowly.

/Nordlöw