This is the simplification I mentioned before for the way checkdoc-proper-noun-regexp is built. You'd be tempted to build the regexp within checkdoc-proper-noun-region-engine (maybe just with mapconcat) for easier customizing of checkdoc-proper-noun-list, but I suppose nobody changes it. 2009-11-13 Kevin Ryde * emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el (checkdoc-proper-noun-regexp): Build value with regexp-opt instead of explicit joining loop.