From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [rudalics@gmx.at: Unquoted special characters in regexps] Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:20:46 +0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141438997 28660 80.91.229.2 (4 Mar 2006 02:23:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 02:23:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 04 03:23:14 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FFMQI-0002jM-8s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:23:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FFMQK-0001aZ-3x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:23:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FFMOL-0000WO-EN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:21:09 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FFMOH-0000Ux-OE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:21:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FFEWI-0006Gx-1y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:56:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.17] (helo=gandalf.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FF9Iv-0003M8-7m; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:22:41 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (nitzan.inter.net.il [192.114.186.20]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with ESMTP id IAP15641; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 14:20:40 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-252-204.inter.net.il [83.130.252.204]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id CUY71398 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 3 Mar 2006 14:20:39 +0200 (IST) Original-To: martin rudalics In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 07:11:05 -0500) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:51119 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:23:04 +0100 > From: martin rudalics > To: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Subject: Unquoted special characters in regexps > > Section 34.3.1.1 (Special Characters in Regular Expressions) of the > Elisp manual says: > > *Please note:* For historical compatibility, special characters are > treated as ordinary ones if they are in contexts where their special > meanings make no sense. ... It is poor practice to depend on this > behavior; quote the special character anyway, regardless of where it > appears. > > The three patches below eliminate spurious occurrences of such practice: > > * font-lock.el (lisp-font-lock-keywords-2) > * emacs-lisp/rx.el (rx-check-any, rx-check-not) > * generic-x.el (reg-generic-mode): Quote "]"s in regexps when > they have no special meaning. Thanks, I installed these.