From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mattias =?UTF-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#60196: 29.0.60; re-builder should read all forms for the rx syntax Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:28:14 +0100 Message-ID: <64E4056A-0167-4B41-BB44-60A47C7FA6A5@acm.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.120.0.1.13\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21434"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 60196@debbugs.gnu.org To: Kai Ma Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 30 13:43:51 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pBEjn-0005Rh-4K for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:43:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pBEVc-0000Qg-Fk; Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:29:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pBEVT-0000Kz-GA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:29:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pBEVS-0000op-Mc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:29:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pBEVS-0006Wy-Hs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:29:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Resent-From: Mattias =?UTF-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 12:29:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 60196 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 60196-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B60196.167240330125040 (code B ref 60196); Fri, 30 Dec 2022 12:29:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 60196) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Dec 2022 12:28:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33681 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pBEUn-0006Vo-9w for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:28:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail70c50.megamailservers.eu ([91.136.10.80]:39420) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pBEUl-0006VX-97 for 60196@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:28:20 -0500 X-Authenticated-User: mattiase@bredband.net DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=megamailservers.eu; s=maildub; t=1672403297; bh=pxxGZmUj5DwYGWBy719zaK8DJcBsAH/vubKuvJmdKAM=; h=From:Subject:Date:Cc:To:From; b=E+f7xGU/oELo8XqXOEFZjWs3NEmxUBSZFjvh9/kceiQytiLHhOyy6T8A0kQr9u6Q6 Yp9tcS6p4jOtpKZk3RIT43H94FUN/c6K+v1obSybyMd8Zqpekb0REHIKAPmbVYVibp i0K/cDEAKiSyjaRk4pSCjr9CpAq9GLosYGEQNPsQ= Feedback-ID: mattiase@acm.or Original-Received: from smtpclient.apple (c188-150-171-209.bredband.tele2.se [188.150.171.209]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail70c50.megamailservers.eu (8.14.9/8.13.1) with ESMTP id 2BUCSFMr085657; Fri, 30 Dec 2022 12:28:16 +0000 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.120.0.1.13) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A782F15.63AED961.001A, ss=1, re=0.000, recu=0.000, reip=0.000, cl=1, cld=1, fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-Origin-Country: SE X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:252109 Archived-At: The handling of rx input in re-builder is indeed unsatisfactory. We = could adopt your proposed solution: > Ideally, re-builder should allow users to simply write >=20 > "" (group (*? anychar)) "" which would be a definite improvement. We could also accept a Lisp = expression that is evaluated, so that you'd write (rx "" (group (*? anychar)) "") On the surface this looks more verbose, but since re-builder itself = would provide the `(rx )` boilerplate, there wouldn't actually be any = more typing. The main advantage would be that regexps could be built up = from smaller pieces: (rx-let ((spaces (* " ")) (identifier (: alpha (* alnum)))) (rx identifier spaces "->" spaces identifier)) Either would be a definite improvement to the current rather strange = re-builder behaviour with respect to rx input. Any preference?