From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: test for shy-group "feature"? Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 17:42:50 -0800 Message-ID: References: <439A2D38.3050008@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134179106 19109 80.91.229.2 (10 Dec 2005 01:45:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:45:06 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 10 02:45:04 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ektlr-0000Hh-LJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 02:43:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EktmD-0003nt-SM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:43:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ektln-0003na-61 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:43:27 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ektll-0003nM-IQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:43:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ektll-0003nJ-CO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:43:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [148.87.122.30] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1Ektn3-0007Kx-5O for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:44:45 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.50]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id jBA1gx2E010267 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:42:59 -0700 Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id jBA1gxNF007883 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:42:59 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-rmdc-csvpn-gw5-141-144-105-225.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.105.225]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id jBA1gw3V007874 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:42:58 -0700 Original-To: "Help-Gnu-Emacs" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-reply-to: <439A2D38.3050008@student.lu.se> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:31837 Archived-At: >Emacs 22 has shy groups for regexps; previous versions did not. > >When writing conditional code that tries to work with multiple Emacs >versions, it is usually better to test fboundp, boundp, or >featurep, than it >is to test the major version. I couldn't find any function, >variable, or >feature associated with this new "feature", shy groups. Is >there one that I >might have missed? Thanks. My guess is that you will find no updates on the elisp level that are tied to shy regexp groups. But I am not sure. There are elisp updates (e.g. in regexpt-opt), but I couldn't find any new function, variable, or feature definitions.