From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add option COUNT argument to text-property-search functions Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 21:51:15 +0200 Message-ID: <87fsvvk2bw.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87im0rlias.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23224"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: James N V Cash Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 30 21:52:33 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m9YYZ-0005nd-QJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 21:52:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60132 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m9YYY-00056R-15 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:52:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45148) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m9YXT-0003pD-AS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:51:23 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2]:35172) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m9YXR-0007FC-QA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:51:23 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=jjcWa93ZPV9iR4Tzi5BU+4dupOHJ5Fk8lCGY3bj6M6c=; b=oqFS4pAT758hUzZBN65bl7MN9H 1nDdw3uU49Ap1hTDD4sU1w8WRGg1BKg59GjFzkH35FibiwAhXWWdvlFEJt0cnTT5jAicbJcykik+n gxPUbLJeP5gk0u3pB3DtegV4SaIb4bxfCzgl1uVRo8hf0XKK1lDQJmFolLibZYlotOFU=; Original-Received: from 2.149.45.105.tmi.telenormobil.no ([2.149.45.105] helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m9YXM-0003Fr-UR; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 21:51:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87im0rlias.fsf@gmail.com> (James N. V. Cash's message of "Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:20:59 -0400") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2; envelope-from=larsi@gnus.org; helo=quimby.gnus.org X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:271870 Archived-At: James N V Cash writes: > This allows searching forward for the Nth occurance of the text > property, analogously to re-search-forward/backward. I don't think I've ever registered seeing COUNT used in the wild for those functions, and I think it's a design flaw to have them. So I'm not in favour of adding those to more functions. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no