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bug#8585: 23.3; Feature Request/"patch": allow initial tabs for python t


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: bug#8585: 23.3; Feature Request/"patch": allow initial tabs for python tracebacks
Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 11:01:42 -0300
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>>> I have some tools that produce python tracebacks, but they add an
>>> initial tab.  BuildBot is one example.
>> 
>>> (caml
>>> -     "^ *File \\(\"?\\)\\([^,\" \n\t<>]+\\)\\1, lines? 
>>> \\([0-9]+\\)-?\\([0-9]+\\)?\\(?:$\\|,\
>>> +     "^\s-*File \\(\"?\\)\\([^,\" \n\t<>]+\\)\\1, lines? 
>>> \\([0-9]+\\)-?\\([0-9]+\\)?\\(?:$\\|,\
>>> \\(?: characters? \\([0-9]+\\)-?\\([0-9]+\\)?:\\)?\\([ \n]Warning:\\)?\\)"
>>> 2 (3 . 4) (5 . 6) (7))
>> 
>> Shouldn't it be `[\s-]*' rather than `\s-*'?

> Rather "\\s-*".  Surely you don't want to match "-".

BTW, I think it's usually preferable not to rely on syntax-tables for
"white space".  So "[ \t]*" will do fine.


        Stefan





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