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Re: regular expressions that match nothing


From: Mattias Engdegård
Subject: Re: regular expressions that match nothing
Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 18:21:07 +0200
User-agent: Evolution 3.30.5 (3.30.5-1.fc29)

tis 2019-05-14 klockan 15:41 -0400 skrev Stefan Monnier:

> Yes, please.  I'd recommend a `regexp-` prefix for it.

Well, since you asked so nicely!

> [ And I'll carefully avoid having an opinion on the rest of the name.
> ]

The correct name is obviously something like `regexp-empty', but I have
to concede that it might be misinterpreted. The attached patch uses
`regexp-unmatchable' which is reasonably descriptive. Better
suggestions are welcome.

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