From: Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Advanced query-replace-regexp in code
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 23:34:45 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6bd73a11-87c9-4614-a93a-5c5c9f4bc181@z14g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: barmar-32763A.22140228052009@mara100-84.onlink.net
On May 29, 4:14 am, Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <mailman.8013.1243539406.31690.help-gnu-em...@gnu.org>,
> bojohan+n...@dd.chalmers.se (Johan Bockgard) wrote:
>
> > Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>
> > > In that case, why allow programs to call replace-regexp in the first
> > > place? If they can call it, why shouldn't they be able to use all the
> > > features?
>
> > They shouldn't call it:
>
> > This function is usually the wrong thing to use in a Lisp program.
> > What you probably want is a loop like this:
> > (while (re-search-forward REGEXP nil t)
> > (replace-match TO-STRING nil nil))
> > which will run faster and will not set the mark or print anything.
>
> Regardless of whether they should or shouldn't use it, it still seems
> strange that the function interprets the second argument differently
> depending on whether it's use interactively or programmatically. If it
> shouldn't be used programmatically, why is it important that this mode
> *not* recognize \,<expr>?
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
> *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
> *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
I agree, this makes no sense as this is powerful feature, eventhough
it runs slowly.
/Nordlöw
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-30 6:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-27 14:03 Advanced query-replace-regexp in code Nordlöw
2009-05-27 14:32 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-05-28 1:19 ` Barry Margolin
2009-05-28 4:57 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-05-28 7:04 ` Barry Margolin
2009-05-28 19:36 ` Johan Bockgård
[not found] ` <mailman.8013.1243539406.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-29 2:14 ` Barry Margolin
2009-05-30 6:34 ` Nordlöw [this message]
2009-05-30 18:55 ` Johan Bockgård
[not found] ` <mailman.8166.1243709727.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-31 1:57 ` Barry Margolin
2009-05-28 19:50 ` harven
2009-08-02 16:19 ` David Kastrup
2009-08-02 17:14 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2009-08-02 20:25 ` Thierry Volpiatto
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