From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bruno Haible Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: regexp does not work as documented Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 22:04:56 +0200 Message-ID: <200805102204.56980.bruno@clisp.org> References: <87k5i8ukq8.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200805061335.11379.bruno@clisp.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210449945 29556 80.91.229.12 (10 May 2008 20:05:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 20:05:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , 192@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, koppel@ece.lsu.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 10 22:06:20 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JuvKd-0003KE-7O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 22:06:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38575 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JuvJu-0007UP-P2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 16:05:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuvJq-0007UJ-LH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 16:05:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuvJp-0007U7-3D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 16:05:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42252 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JuvJp-0007U4-0l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 16:05:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mo-p07-ob.rzone.de ([81.169.146.190]:43883) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JuvJo-0006aQ-D1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 16:05:20 -0400 X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo07 X-RZG-AUTH: gMysVb8JT2gB+rFDu0PuvnvUUGmhfq1rhHRG5dSek381RH36MmDLfffX7Q== Original-Received: from linuix.haible.de (dslb-084-058-084-213.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.58.84.213]) by post.webmailer.de (klopstock mo57) (RZmta 16.34) with ESMTP id w04302k4AHYv6T ; Sat, 10 May 2008 22:04:59 +0200 (MEST) (envelope-from: ) User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:96942 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > > - I originally observed the bug in po-mode (part of GNU gettext), in > > a function po-find-span-of-entry which essentially only calls > > re-search-backward and re-search-forward. > > Please try and reproduce the problem there and send us a recipe. After deeper investigation, the bug in po-mode was not directly related: I had used a regexp which was not designed for use with re-search-backward. This bug is closed now. Thank you Stefan for bringing me on the right track. Bruno