From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17373: 24.3.50; match data is incorrect if there are too many groups Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 06:48:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3dc9fa47-c3d8-40e2-b6e4-3f362a0c1b6e@default> References: <87ppk0hrkg.fsf@yahoo.fr> <53799AF5.9090708@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1400507374 2875 80.91.229.3 (19 May 2014 13:49:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 13:49:34 +0000 (UTC) To: Paul Eggert , 17373@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 19 15:49:26 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WmNwS-0008PL-Ka for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 May 2014 15:49:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48182 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WmNwS-0001hh-Bs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 May 2014 09:49:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45871) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WmNwG-0001gV-BR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 May 2014 09:49:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WmNw6-0007LW-VX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 May 2014 09:49:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54091) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WmNw6-0007LR-RW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 May 2014 09:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WmNw6-0002Rz-3d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 May 2014 09:49:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 13:49:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17373 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17373-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17373.14005073179385 (code B ref 17373); Mon, 19 May 2014 13:49:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17373) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 May 2014 13:48:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52968 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WmNvh-0002RJ-1G for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 May 2014 09:48:37 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:17978) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WmNve-0002R1-NZ for 17373@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 May 2014 09:48:35 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s4JDmKc6031194 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 19 May 2014 13:48:21 GMT Original-Received: from userz7022.oracle.com (userz7022.oracle.com [156.151.31.86]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s4JDmI14001371 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 19 May 2014 13:48:20 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0014.oracle.com (abhmp0014.oracle.com [141.146.116.20]) by userz7022.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s4JDmGIJ016865; Mon, 19 May 2014 13:48:17 GMT In-Reply-To: <53799AF5.9090708@cs.ucla.edu> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:89229 Archived-At: > Yes, unfortunately Emacs currently has a limit of at most 256 groups of > match data: one for the entire pattern, and 255 for parenthesized > subpatterns. If you go over the limit, the excess matches are silently > discarded. I don't see this limitation documented anywhere; it should > be. Or better yet, the limitation should be removed. Good to know. +1, to documenting it, at least.