bug#27659: 26.0.50; Add string-matched-text: string-match + match-string

[John Mastro]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> If you prefer the standard/cryptic regexp syntax, I posted a similar
> thingy in the past (see below).
>
> This lets you do
>
>     (pcase "foo-123"
>       ((re-match "[[:alpha:]]+-\\(?num:[0-9]+\\)")
>        num))
>     => "123"
>
> Maybe I should install it in pcase.el?

I hope you do - both this and the rx pattern would be nice to have.

        John