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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Suggestion for Enhancement to re-search-.* enabling Tree-Based Pattern Matching
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:53:26 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvk4kvw25y.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 59d13ede-9f6e-4dcb-8826-fae2a178c8d7@32g2000yqz.googlegroups.com

> That is for each level of match-parens we create a sub-list containing
> possible BEG-END values and in the end delete sub-lists containing no
> BEG-END-pairs.

That's a good idea.  I think the benefits are probably too small, sadly,
to justify changing it now.  But if/when someone reimplements the regexp
engine, it might be worthwhile to try and add such a feature.


        Stefan


      reply	other threads:[~2010-11-03  2:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-02  8:24 Suggestion for Enhancement to re-search-.* enabling Tree-Based Pattern Matching Nordlöw
2010-11-03  2:53 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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