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>>>>> "Timur" == Timur Aydin <timuraydin@superonline.com> writes:
> Hmm, that seems like a workaround. But the mentioned regexp not
> working indicates a bug in the emacs regexp handler, doesn't it?

A shortcoming, yes, a bug, I don't think so: it's inherent to the
technique used to do the matching (i.e. backtracking).


        Stefan