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> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org>
> Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 14:24:31 +0100
> Cc: Rajeev Narang <rajeev@sivalik.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> 1 nov. 2019 kl. 14.05 skrev Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:
> 
> > If we need to say [.\n], let's say that.  IMO, it expresses its intent
> > much more than the cryptic [^z-a].
> 
> '.' is not special inside []; you would have to write "\\(?:.\\|\n\\)" which is slower and messier, although perhaps easier to understand.

Yes, it's easier to understand, so I prefer that we use it.

> If readability is important, consider (rx (group (*? anychar))).

What does it translate into?