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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 16106@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16106: 24.3.50; doc of `replace-match'
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:54:41 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a9e2b9fy.fsf@building.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a326276c-cc8b-4e1e-8cda-ea2c783e31a5@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:56:23 -0800 (PST)")

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> State (in doc string and Elisp manual) that N in \N is not just "a
> digit" but a digit from 1 through 9.  Make clear that in "Nth
> subexpression", N is one-based, not zero-based.

I don't think that makes any sense.  The wording is:

  `\N' means substitute what matched the Nth `\(...\)'.
       If Nth parens didn't match, substitute nothing.

I can't see anybody interpreting Nth as having "zeroth" as a valid
meaning.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-08  2:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-10 23:56 bug#16106: 24.3.50; doc of `replace-match' Drew Adams
2014-02-08  2:54 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2014-02-08  3:33   ` Drew Adams
2014-02-10  6:56     ` Drew Adams

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