From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Noam Postavsky Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19208: replace-match unhelpful error message Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:12:06 -0400 Message-ID: <87ef21rpe1.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87imrec7oq.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <87sgqhssum.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="151479"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2.90 (gnu/linux) Cc: 19208@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen , Phillip Lord , Paul Eggert To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 04 16:13:08 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1huHG0-000dGP-FB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 16:13:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44680 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1huHFz-0002E5-E6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:13:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55229) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1huHFv-0002Dm-FT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:13:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1huHFu-0005Os-HC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:13:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:53482) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1huHFu-0005Ol-Db for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1huHFu-0004BR-4c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:13:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Noam Postavsky Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 14:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19208 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 19208-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19208.156492793816031 (code B ref 19208); Sun, 04 Aug 2019 14:13:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19208) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Aug 2019 14:12:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34070 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1huHFA-0004AS-N8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:12:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-io1-f44.google.com ([209.85.166.44]:33369) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1huHF8-0004AF-1U for 19208@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:12:14 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-io1-f44.google.com with SMTP id z3so21009913iog.0 for <19208@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 07:12:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=2H4DC3DDXmcnCdlfZIWoJ2uRa+wcVoorFT/ygqRjYTc=; b=Pqb2ju5jhDVwrdtKQ8R/Ru0uqsRQeZ4N3/WOjmH/njZUHtpn2S9y4bcbtCMxoe7DUa K14+S2kJgQ9yYP/VYnkNMOXy49y8oBFcXxrrtzVeq7bOSQv1iAU2T2vp8W2A1S8eW4uz fBIdniu3Y5DE4hI276l/zU8gUCczwfduvj5BdX6k8QKmOmcnXVPVRoJ89j8kYGm0o/X/ XTPMiGR0Nv9Q0Veb7BQMXIi2vxtuj98yghKcEK2FzO6uKAmzLowzxGYQqgoU5POG0Z4A ARYpL6DHIXxK+d3nDYpSGbqD0GZWuRHKJ6aOpQ6LqZ31LpK83QBLOpTPlPP9T7hiRm7/ HXyw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=2H4DC3DDXmcnCdlfZIWoJ2uRa+wcVoorFT/ygqRjYTc=; b=LyUR4d01saxNdC8Vog/wyiPtJNTuusl3GI1r9asBGKO0pUhpApvbOc4Bt3wUV+E5oF eD3isrZohZlG1WHbDOjaUbmV2D0HqDLWj9Bs5WnYoypPzSKlzR85VJJNcxW8+z7Gh9mu OT2QxWsXEpITe6L0Z8hPA7izz1Xq77llg7v1ZPo2UDyC6nAPynMFvOjlrbU0+UNnNN0a EKbUhvQgU4QTcpNxTymb0E3ZT87bl38rLeVBF4R7dyT3TI+OTBmqrE/3XMHR+Htlvj63 ClTafXmuFSXeCBoOCar6SA8ccARyseIrkRvJHU8d0ImqM2lawb9agAR/5GT7uBoTzM48 YwTw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVf8LFXiA9uANjtzb0iDu1uWG8s+US9S6W6NWRV94s0PAdmjTfy H+4EDT74c8+W1+OI0KAKtls= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyAFXxfrv9RZF0WjVZ2vdm6N3GH95kltGNHbvtsdgMUrVKw9u0LaFqKXATZ897Gob3Af1uaNA== X-Received: by 2002:a6b:dc17:: with SMTP id s23mr24289454ioc.56.1564927928453; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 07:12:08 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from minid (cbl-45-2-119-34.yyz.frontiernetworks.ca. [45.2.119.34]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f17sm78200174ioc.2.2019.08.04.07.12.07 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sun, 04 Aug 2019 07:12:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Sun, 04 Aug 2019 11:02:26 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:164571 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab writes: > On Aug 03 2019, Noam Postavsky wrote: > >> People might say things like "your height must be between 120 and 200 cm >> to ride this roller coaster" > > This still puts "height" (the variable) first. Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > > And they don't say "120 cm must be less than your height, which must also > be less than 200 cm". :-) Right, but unless we want to use a macro like IN_RANGE_P (height, 120, 200) I think ((120 < height) && (height < 200)) is the closest we can get to the natural phrasing. In Elisp we can do (< 120 height 200) which is nicer, but we're still stuck with `and' for semi-closed intervals.