Re: rx.el sexp regexp syntax

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > The clearer representation of structure is not the same thing as
  > > verbosity.  rx does both, but they are not the same thing.  We could
  > > envision making the structure more or less equally clear without
  > > making the patterns so long.

  > It's not clear to me how you'd do that. 

I don't see a specific way either, but someone might come up with a way.
I'm suggesting this as a topic of investigation.

  > and frankly being able to write 'bos' rather than remembering '\\`' or
  > 'symbol-start' rather than '\\_<' is a net win in my eyes.

I agree, as regards those.  On the other hand, those strings might not
be the best.  Maybe 'text<' and 'sym<' would be better.  We could
have a series of keywords, XYZ< and XYZ>, which would be as systematic
as now or more so, and shorter too.


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