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([2601:184:4180:66e7:58ef:f968:e48b:47a]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id n66sm443700qkl.38.2019.02.25.07.46.34 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 25 Feb 2019 07:46:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::835 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:233606 Archived-At: On 25/02/2019 09.47, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: > I think it would be nice if Emacs had a regexp object. That would allow > us to extend Emacs in a compatible way somewhat seamlessly over a period > of time. I think many others on this thread agree :) The one issue with this scheme is that we might need to change string manipulation functions too (many programs concatenate regexps using a plain `concat') Clément.