From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: split-string bug in CVS tip of Emacs Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:32:08 +0900 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <871xh21jjr.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095337976 10022 80.91.229.6 (16 Sep 2004 12:32:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:32:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, "'rms@gnu.org'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 16 14:32:37 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C7vRE-00081x-00 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:32:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C7vWt-0007nJ-Rs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:38:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C7vWr-0007nD-Ps for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:38:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C7vWp-0007n1-Pk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:38:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C7vWp-0007my-It for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:38:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [203.216.5.72] (helo=smtp02.dentaku.gol.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1C7vQt-0000hX-21; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:32:15 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtp (Dentaku) id 1C7vQo-0005UE-7j; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:32:10 +0900 Original-Received: from yokohama2-61-203-152-236.ap.0038.net ([61.203.152.236] helo=tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with asmtp (Dentaku) id 1C7vQn-0005Ty-GG; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:32:10 +0900 Original-Received: by tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4B6662F71; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:32:08 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Peter Milliken System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Peter Milliken's message of "Thu, 16 Sep 2004 07:28:13 +1000") Original-Lines: 19 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS GOL X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:9022 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:9022 Peter Milliken writes: > Just out of curiosity, is there any particular reason for breaking backward > compatibility like this? My vaaaaague memory is that it was for compatibility with xemacs. The new definition _does_ omit null entries by default when a nil split regexp (=> whitespace) is used, and I think it was judged that this would cover the great bulk of compatibility problems. Hmmm, google reveals this: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2003-04/msg00472.html It's a very long thread, and probably covers most questions you'd have. -Miles -- I'm beginning to think that life is just one long Yoko Ono album; no rhyme or reason, just a lot of incoherent shrieks and then it's over. --Ian Wolff