From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Improve `replace-regexp-in-string' ergonomics? Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:41:52 +0200 Message-ID: <87r1cqct4f.fsf@gnus.org> References: <878rzpw7jo.fsf@gnus.org> <875yuban9b.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <871r4qalit.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87h7dme953.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22551"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Juri Linkov To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 12 14:42:49 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1maH7J-0005fB-3d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:42:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57064 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1maH7H-00057z-Us for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:42:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56870) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1maH6W-00045z-6v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:42:00 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2]:55884) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1maH6U-0000Py-OL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:41:59 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=rjKynqHj44qygqwufLBTkD6wBuQE7i5dyCYvYu9OqdI=; b=LgfDcvyrwFkVGPCvFDjiRM+BSu rohX8pLK3CsnyngXe2dIgRsFbxi/v39FIW0yTuUFw6zEv4d31cxml9+9FJfoVPOxNyRvibculgOkl PvcRhOIeoh1p9XJ+Zut/I0u+I1tdwDhV9H4KNPMLxmCg9galVhOq1Msc0xoFHZYYt7q0=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1maH6Q-00052p-1m; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:41:56 +0200 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwCAAAAAByaaZbAAAAAmJLR0QA/4ePzL8AAAAJcEhZ cwAACxIAAAsSAdLdfvwAAAAHdElNRQflCgwMGywYz9mVAAAAv0lEQVRIx+2UUQ7DIAxDXysusiv6 IDnzPso6oAGRSVSbNL6iKIbEdtgetMcuGfQOd4InnTcK0xwAdJTO1JNAk6XdGYQESO49CQ9xIg01 vHkAa6PypW2NDjYEaJgKK70ekNys8qTC1JDm0ApGLtNVCBfQSlHyNjNDxfM+KJFnPr+lqjdFAC0X q4WTxVoCTEHAV7r11n04bJB93QWEaa037rUv/rKpO4NRfnqfu9Vpqfdc0dPfS78EsKxe/Ne4Y4Yn +z0ovSmznYoAAABaZVhJZk1NACoAAAAIAAUBEgADAAAAAQABAAABGgAFAAAAAQAAAEoBGwAFAAAA AQAAAFIBKAADAAAAAQACAAACEwADAAAAAQABAAAAAAAAAAAASAAAAAEAAABIAAAAAR9S9zQAAAAl dEVYdGRhdGU6Y3JlYXRlADIwMjEtMTAtMTJUMTI6Mjc6NDQrMDA6MDBJMws4AAAAJXRFWHRkYXRl Om1vZGlmeQAyMDIxLTEwLTEyVDEyOjI3OjQ0KzAwOjAwOG6zhAAAABd0RVh0ZXhpZjpZQ2JDclBv c2l0aW9uaW5nADGsD4BjAAAAKHRFWHRpY2M6Y29weXJpZ2h0AENvcHlyaWdodCBBcHBsZSBJbmMu LCAyMDIxfb3uJgAAABd0RVh0aWNjOmRlc2NyaXB0aW9uAERpc3BsYXkXG5W4AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC X-Now-Playing: Mochipet's _Godzillafather Rick Owens Fogachine_: "Godzillafather Rick Owens Fogachine (Runway Mix)" In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:34:57 -0400") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2; envelope-from=larsi@gnus.org; helo=quimby.gnus.org X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:276788 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > BTW, the current limit on backrefs is just due to a lack of syntax for > higher-numbered backrefs, so it would be easy to lift this limit: it's > a small matter of choosing an appropriate syntax and then adjusting the > code that parses the regexps in regexp.c. A small matter indeed. :-/ But perhaps it would be worth doing -- arbitrary limitations like that goes against everything GNU stands for! -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no