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bug#6985: rx patterns don't compose
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Daniel Colascione |
Subject: |
bug#6985: rx patterns don't compose |
Date: |
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:37:49 -0700 |
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It's not possible to do this currently:
(defconst foo-re (rx "abc"))
(defconst bar-re (rx (* (what-goes-here? foo-re)))
in any sensible way. This won't work
(defconst bar-re (rx (* (regexp foo-re))))
because regexp always expects a string.
This won't work, because eval always quotes its argument:
(defconst bar-re (rx (* (eval foo-re))))
I propose allowing regexp to accept a symbol as well as a string, and
using that symbol's value literally. Alternatively, rx could provide an
eval-unquoted facility. Or both.
- bug#6985: rx patterns don't compose,
Daniel Colascione <=