Re: for 21.4? regex fix [Re: regular expression question]
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com> writes:
> btw i also implemented backrefs above 9.
[ Speaking as an Emacs developer lurking here to try and maintain some
compatibility between the two branches. ]
The limitation to the first 9 subgroups has always bothered me from
a purely theoretical point of view, but I surprisingly enough have
never come across the need for more.
So have you added this feature because of a practical need and if so
what are those monster regexps and what are they used for ?
no, it was just that it was trivial to implement and i was looking at that area
of code anyway.
Stefan
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