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Re: FYI: 23-gary-doc-typos.patch
From: |
Akim Demaille |
Subject: |
Re: FYI: 23-gary-doc-typos.patch |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Jun 2003 16:10:12 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
> -The builtin macro @code{regexp} is recognized only when given arguments.
> +The builtin macro @code{eregexp} is recognized only when given arguments.
Hi gary,
I would to hold the release of these macros, or to fix them asap: they
ought to return their argument *quoted*. Actually, most m4 macros are
broken by design and should be duplicated with their quoting
equivalent.
For instance:
~/src/ace % cat /tmp/foo.m4 nostromo 16:09
define(`foo', `bar')
patsubst(`Foo', `F', `f')
~/src/ace % m4 /tmp/foo.m4 nostromo 16:09
bar
should display foo instead. So I'd like to have epatsubst, eregexp
etc. return a quoted result.