From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Vaidheeswaran C <vaidheeswaran.chinnaraju@gmail.com>
Cc: 20806@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20806: 25.0.50; `string-match' is confused???
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:21:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87616ro1nj.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <557BF8E9.9040007@gmail.com> (Vaidheeswaran C.'s message of "Sat, 13 Jun 2015 15:03:29 +0530")
Vaidheeswaran C <vaidheeswaran.chinnaraju@gmail.com> writes:
> Is an empty string a prefix of all strings or not? `string-match'
> should settle this matter first.
That question doesn't make sense. The empty string has no special
significance for string-match. It either matches the regexp or not.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-13 19:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-13 9:33 bug#20806: 25.0.50; `string-match' is confused??? Vaidheeswaran C
2015-06-13 18:59 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-06-14 20:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-06-13 19:21 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2015-06-13 22:58 ` Michael Heerdegen
2015-06-14 13:40 ` Stefan Monnier
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