From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Regexps and strings once again
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:56:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvwq95f3j1.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3bnqhdws8.fsf@stories.gnus.org> (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:04:55 +0200")
> If we want to do a more string-ey syntax, but not require wrapping it in
> (regexp ...), then we could have something like:
> #r"This is (not )?a Perl regexp"
The difference between #r"REGEXP" and (SYMBOL REGEXP) is enormous in
terms of tool support. So if you don't like (regexp "foo"), I'd
recommend you try a shorter symbol first.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-15 12:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-14 23:27 Regexps and strings once again Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-09-15 0:50 ` Daniel Colascione
2014-09-15 2:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-09-15 3:41 ` Daniel Colascione
2014-09-15 12:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-09-15 10:04 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-09-15 10:26 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-09-15 10:33 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-09-15 12:56 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2014-09-15 6:39 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-09-15 7:08 ` Daniel Colascione
2014-09-15 1:38 ` Yuri Khan
2014-09-15 9:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-09-15 10:12 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-09-15 10:22 ` Eric Abrahamsen
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