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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to grok a complicated regex?
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 09:18:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv4mpnpvmv.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87zj7g3091.fsf@gmx.us

> Here's another project (for your students): adding lookaround to Emacs
> regexp /and/ have it merged.  It would be *insanely(!)* at times.

A better project: replace the regexp engine with one that does not
backtrack all the time.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-14 13:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.1979.1426282552.31049.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-03-13 22:46 ` How to grok a complicated regex? Emanuel Berg
2015-03-13 23:16   ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-14  0:12     ` Rasmus
2015-03-14 13:18       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
     [not found]       ` <mailman.2003.1426339118.31049.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-03-15  4:31         ` Rusi
2015-03-22  2:29       ` Tom Tromey
2015-03-22  2:44         ` Rasmus
2015-03-14  5:14     ` Yuri Khan
2015-03-14  7:03     ` Drew Adams
     [not found]   ` <mailman.1984.1426288628.31049.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-03-14  3:58     ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-14  4:44       ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-14  4:58         ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-14  8:43         ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
     [not found]         ` <mailman.1997.1426324089.31049.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-03-20  1:05           ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-18 16:40 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-03-19  8:15   ` Tassilo Horn
2015-04-25  4:23 ` Rusi
2015-04-27 13:26   ` Julien Cubizolles
2015-03-14  8:16 martin rudalics
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-03-13 21:35 Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-13 21:45 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-13 21:47 ` Alexis
2015-03-13 21:57   ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-23 12:18 ` Vaidheeswaran C

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