Re: Should not * be greedy in a regexp?

[Andreas Schwab]

Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:

> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Starting from
>>
>>    emacs -Q
>>
>> Put this in the *scratch* buffer and eval it:
>>
>> (let* ((mod-regx+ "\\(\\(?:[CSM]-\\)+\\)")
>>        (mod-regx* "\\(\\(?:[CSM]-\\)*\\)")
>>        (str "<C-S-tab>")
>>        (m+ (when (string-match mod-regx+ str)
>>              (match-string 0 str)))
>>        (m* (when (string-match mod-regx* str)
>>              (match-string 0 str))))
>>   (lwarn 't :warning "m+=%s, m*=%s" m+ m*))
>>
>> I get
>>
>>   Warning (t): m+=C-S-, m*=
>>
>> Should not both this regexp give the same result here? It looks to me like
>> * is treated as *? - ie non-greedy.
>
> The regexp matches the empty string.

... at the start of the string, I wanted to add.

Andreas.

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