Re: for 21.4? regex fix [Re: regular expression question]

> >>>>> "Ben" == Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com&gt; 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.