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: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:08:42 +0200 Message-ID: <87v92stlth.fsf@gnus.org> References: <878rzpw7jo.fsf@gnus.org> <87pmt1yygm.fsf@yahoo.com> <87zgs5undq.fsf@gnus.org> <87czp0zxo3.fsf@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21306"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Po Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 22 22:11:32 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 1mT8aa-0005Lk-Ji for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:11:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49882 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mT8aZ-00060c-9g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:11:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41846) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mT8Y0-0003bL-8B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:08:52 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2]:51540) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mT8Xy-0006ih-3Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:08:52 -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=HwoVZMIK0ndGv6dfYZIjdYn2tK/YpkC5NxCVAPlvcOk=; b=oU784d7G5JF4FFNzHLyv6OD5Ww xxG9ZnAQIzs9cOY/NI9eGa1XSQNkY2iEJRNpkfMMWZeGjbvFpTl3udnTHiMo8guP3XOhsu1dhRqt6 6PM6BOndh+s0/i0bAq3FDmHZFfqC65lYYuS9/g2dlD5skQdZyDxTe8+UJ39Dc7Lj++gE=; 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 1mT8Xr-0006pz-HE; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:08:46 +0200 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAACBj SFJNAAB6JgAAgIQAAPoAAACA6AAAdTAAAOpgAAA6mAAAF3CculE8AAAAD1BMVEXYyLjFtaWTfm5W PzH////FdCktAAAAAWJLR0QEj2jZUQAAAAd0SU1FB+UJFhMoAl8MmAwAAAGtSURBVDjLZZPrlcQg CIXBbQBIAxEbmIH+e1tATdyzzh9PvuHyuAiAw/cxzjPMVBUQtb75WEB0aALAuIyRQBeIIwFIxCYw owQp1ANA0w3cgFnnKXCkJx4HUH8JvhF4Aj+kQMYBPgdomffRagdQH/+0CvgJ7hMsJUv+na0XsCzL RFmeJJwAo2/veeG/AIZGywVyxBBafYJrTAB8RUg0FqKwyrLSrFZzFjwjcIMaZ5dQmhEwCqBalaUv kLSixcDZ0fUA0cq4G8cGOHnXdHgB8U6IQmg9pPoDWlqHlQb/gExegLXN5Pz2UXce1wliJA4sd5o5 sqotdcUQiZCqiOsALf3hAChGbQGaI3HrBT4RXmTPKrxmitxQlh9VucfoQHpsjL8gXfBvtkfprr3l zrVF6YB9HBEFmFDjTYQlJgtUbgMVane8kHhIJ8idu7GMJ1kNtr229yz+8WODGZBLsqTSaNdMX3NI pyeoNiAeMyCtmLlwtbnsn9jE5fQ0pyXozQmZNqi/1BPsP4bMCE/IeptGI8EjBRg7oDGFL/mXY1Hw AGHM8M4BTq0AaUDmZsjfA34BSGFuZ4hpGIkAAAAldEVYdGRhdGU6Y3JlYXRlADIwMjEtMDktMjJU MTk6NDA6MDIrMDA6MDCrt6N+AAAAJXRFWHRkYXRlOm1vZGlmeQAyMDIxLTA5LTIyVDE5OjQwOjAy KzAwOjAw2uobwgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== X-Now-Playing: Davitt Sigerson's _Davitt Sigerson_: "Ain't It Ever Thus" In-Reply-To: <87czp0zxo3.fsf@yahoo.com> (Po Lu's message of "Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:56:12 +0800") 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:275339 Archived-At: Po Lu writes: >> Do you know what package that comes from? > > It appears to come from a file named 'BlowDir.el'. Well, then I don't think we should feel constrained by its existence when choosing function names for Emacs core. (Not that I think that `regexp-replace' is a good name -- but it's just hard to come up with something that's short, not awkward and hasn't already been taken. `re-replace'? `string-replace-re'? `string-replace-regexp'? `string-re'? Naming is hard.) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no