From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Akim Demaille Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: interactive regexp typing: incorrect diagnostic Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:19:58 +0200 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1086852068 22195 80.91.224.253 (10 Jun 2004 07:21:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:21:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 10 09:20:58 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BYJrt-0007yP-00 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:20:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BYJsZ-0000Rp-Ql for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 03:21:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BYJsW-0000Qd-Dj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 03:21:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BYJsV-0000QO-H6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 03:21:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BYJsV-0000QL-F0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 03:21:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [163.5.0.25] (helo=deliver.epitech.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BYJrM-0007RS-KA; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 03:20:24 -0400 Original-Received: from epita.fr ([10.42.1.60]) by deliver.epitech.net (SAVSMTP 3.1.2.35) with SMTP id M2004061009152923022 ; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:15:29 +0200 Original-Received: from kualalumpur.lrde.epita.fr (kualalumpur.lrde.epita.fr [10.223.13.1]) by epita.fr id i5A7KM002825 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:20:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from nostromo.lrde.epita.fr ([10.223.13.52] ident=mail) by kualalumpur.lrde.epita.fr with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BYJqx-0005dk-00; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:19:59 +0200 Original-Received: from akim by nostromo.lrde.epita.fr with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BYJqw-00073Y-00; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:19:58 +0200 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 10 Jun 2004 02:55:20 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:8167 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:8167 >>> "rms" == Richard Stallman writes: > The Emacs paren-matched has no understanding of regexp syntax, so I am > not surprised by this bug. Fixing it would be a lot of work. > If someone writes code for this, we could install it. I understand this; too bad that regcomp's return values make no difference between really unbalanced parens, and a lack of closing parens, also deep inside it sees the difference. But then, should this control be activated?