From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 16106@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16106: 24.3.50; doc of `replace-match'
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:54:41 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a9e2b9fy.fsf@building.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a326276c-cc8b-4e1e-8cda-ea2c783e31a5@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:56:23 -0800 (PST)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> State (in doc string and Elisp manual) that N in \N is not just "a
> digit" but a digit from 1 through 9. Make clear that in "Nth
> subexpression", N is one-based, not zero-based.
I don't think that makes any sense. The wording is:
`\N' means substitute what matched the Nth `\(...\)'.
If Nth parens didn't match, substitute nothing.
I can't see anybody interpreting Nth as having "zeroth" as a valid
meaning.
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2013-12-10 23:56 bug#16106: 24.3.50; doc of `replace-match' Drew Adams
2014-02-08 2:54 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2014-02-08 3:33 ` Drew Adams
2014-02-10 6:56 ` Drew Adams
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