From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: elib -> emacs Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:12:33 -0400 Message-ID: References: <200706160029.l5G0Tv318102@f7.net> <200706181008.04551.andreas.roehler@online.de> <200706191428.11828.andreas.roehler@online.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182262432 23717 80.91.229.12 (19 Jun 2007 14:13:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:13:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nick Roberts , Karl Berry , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=3Fhler?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 19 16:13:48 2007 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 1I0eSo-0000mG-Jm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:13:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I0eSo-0007Tt-0R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:13:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I0eSk-0007Oi-2g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:13:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I0eSi-0007Kc-7D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:13:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I0eSh-0007K9-Q4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:13:39 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts40.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.97] helo=tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I0eSe-0007Q4-Ng; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:13:36 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([70.55.143.156]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070619141234.VTYV1542.tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net@ceviche.home>; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:12:34 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B066EB4B9B; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:12:33 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <200706191428.11828.andreas.roehler@online.de> ("Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=3Fhler=22's?= message of "Tue\, 19 Jun 2007 14\:28\:11 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:73308 Archived-At: > My attention here results from the package as such and an impression, it > would be helpful for elisp-programmers to have collections of > general-purpose resources. Nice theory. But very little of elib is of any use nowadays. > elib's `string-replace-match' AFAIU is easier to call > and remember than the (slightly changed) > `dired-string-replace-match' now in dired.el. What's wrong with replace-regexp-in-string? Stefan