From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: modern regexes in emacs Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:39:45 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20180616123704.7123f6d7@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> <87po0qs6re.fsf@gmail.com> <83r2c9m8yj.fsf@gnu.org> <17581DA9-7DCA-432E-A2E8-E5184DFA8B4B@acm.org> <20190215114728.0785e891@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> <20190215175405.GA5438@ACM> <83lg2gnbky.fsf@gnu.org> <3D5EA6AB-F0DA-4B66-8592-A111C906B3AE@acm.org> <83k1i0n88i.fsf@gnu.org> <4a830d51-526c-5e31-82e6-abf6b8d192a5@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="39065"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 26 13:41:14 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gyc2r-000A4Q-M7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:41:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54342 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gyc2q-0008Bs-HJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 07:41:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:60835) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gyc1w-0008Bb-7n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 07:40:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gyc1v-0006yR-8B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 07:40:16 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:37054) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gyc1u-0006pw-V7; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 07:40:15 -0500 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=stories) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gyc1R-0001LP-5t; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:39:47 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwAgMAAAAqbBEUAAAADFBMVEW/ubft5+RkX2CPior6 lE2SAAACe0lEQVQokQFwAo/9AFVVX5XZg1vf9ZzYvACmqrRxoSRd36a79iAAJroA9JV7HdVVAFVE AIb/3IN8UkqSr////ACXBVzDDGAVUFFVS8QAkz+HW11m8opyaSolACOqw0fJs3zDZin4jQAjqtNy AeIps3toYrEAFVVQczxVUfZEVH7FACIgfBNtLpqmRVVDEQCqqMPg3dsDZm9xYv8A+4nwJbnAwjdj aDinABVVQ9VBQ9l3awBMDADiMoemm/9zNis4YzEAZ3N2cBquNcAVVXt5AKNpdudck3b//4xA3ACZ ScbnUhnGPy+zJxwAIQLuN13yAu4Fc+LLAFPxajZd9K6qyqKv/ADq64cz1VVVUBv9VVUA1P3BVVVV VUALuN/hAMZIybIUxgFQA+tujQBmSMmMFVVVSp/BCG0AolgN1BcAfX+YDzgpAATwDKwVBVV+3oBj DQAi3ww8FVVVb8vQ38AAaZsAM0NBRF9QvVPdADXbPjM5QAoKuuoJiwCjew83ZaA6OpRTGbgAs7rq pjo++mqafxlCAF1ZQAfKyipUIK+b/gC1se0DqOsqaiDtZUAAQkGMIwtAPHN4+ua6ACJNPRGnPv8n n8MmCgCfpqOyujAyRRA/8VUAj9O0ditO/ILLamqqAKqfx7S/yoIo/9s6qgC6mgz/y/iwEHQTnc8A AB/D7e8opUoXt+OaAKwwPPKEcCYLSU2iLgD5EGLHUXsoCmeZ8j4AqZ5/7+MLOjtjyQbOAPXLfZ3H bjUHXSOjqwD2YvyURFXVrpdy+agApn4ZNii2qnInlqgzAKy7mZO6h8BBb4yzDAAMq4unzM///2Ia 6+8AAVAABVVVVUFVXzzwb4QUC20Z6PQAAAAASUVORK5CYII= In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:57:05 -0500") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 80.91.231.51 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:233630 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > If we add a regexp type, we would need to add several primitive > functions. I estimate it would make the Emacs Lisp reference Manual > 10 pages longer. We would need a read syntax for them too. We don't need a read syntax for all new objects. For instance, we have no read syntax for (window-frame) -> # -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no