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[45.2.119.34]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id v21-v6sm11562484iob.11.2018.05.24.17.31.10 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 24 May 2018 17:31:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87in7ceg7z.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Fri, 25 May 2018 02:22:56 +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: 208.118.235.43 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:146515 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen writes: >> +Note that searching backwards may give a shorter match than expected, >> +because the matching still happens in the forward direction. See Info >> +anchor `(elisp) re-search-backward' for details. */) > Too bad that the anchor is located after the relevant description. I don't understand what you mean. > FWIW; I still prefer the original sentence, I find it describes the > behavior best, and short (which is good for a docstring). It is also > good to have an alternative and more verbose explanation in the manual. I find the original sentence kind of cryptic, but I'm okay to be outvoted on this.