From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15116: 24.3.50; doc of `set-match-data' Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 10:42:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376761406 32601 80.91.229.3 (17 Aug 2013 17:43:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:43:26 +0000 (UTC) To: Glenn Morris , 15116@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 17 19:43:27 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VAkX6-0004gA-Gc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:43:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36611 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAkX6-0000u5-6B for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:43:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40615) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAkWt-0000su-0g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:43:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAkWk-0005AH-Cx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:43:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42806) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAkWk-0005AC-9q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VAkWk-00007F-4a for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:43:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15116 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 15116-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15116.1376761376433 (code B ref 15116); Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15116) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Aug 2013 17:42:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37122 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VAkWd-00006u-FI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:42:55 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:19465) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VAkWb-00006W-Gd for 15116@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:42:53 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r7HHgkCn021985 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:42:47 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7021.oracle.com (aserz7021.oracle.com [141.146.126.230]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r7HHgjTA016595 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:42:46 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt111.oracle.com (abhmt111.oracle.com [141.146.116.63]) by aserz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r7HHgjwn015324; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:42:45 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:77471 Archived-At: > Awesome, so now we can expect 100s of reports about this, complete > with little lectures when we disagree. Too bad. It's not about minimizing development. It's about helping users and specifying clearly (yes, for developers too) just what the language is. If Common Lisp can do it (and has done it for 30 years) then the self-vaunted "self-documenting" editor can do it too. It just means thinking also `user' and `spec', not just `code'. Emacs is a big boy now; he should be able to handle this.