Irritation about re-search-backward

[Marco Wahl]

Hi,

with "|" marking point and the following buffer

#v+
aaaaaaaaaaaa|
#v-

M-: (re-search-backward "a*")

does not change point.

Shouldn't point have been moved to the beginning of the line?

BTW

#v+
|aaaaaaaaaaaa
#v-

M-: (re-search-forward "a*")

moves point to the end of the line.


Any hint would be nice, thanks,
                               Marco