Re: rx.el sexp regexp syntax

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Michael Heerdegen <address@hidden> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I know, a few hours ago I went hunting in the repos for relevant
>> packages, and found yours. It certainly helps! Though I'd still rather
>> have something that actually transforms the regexps at compile time...
>
> I don't understand what you mean.  rx transforms regexps at compile
> time.

I mean, a macro that lets me write an unescaped regexp that gets
compiled to an escaped regexp. So:

(r "turn (left|right)") compiles to "turn \\(left\\|right\\)"

Basically like python's string literals.