^ was wrongly interpreted as literal when occurring at the start of a shy group. Cause: regex.c:at_begline_loc_p() was not told about shy groups. Two tests added to tests/automated/regexp-tests.el. Patch applies against 21.5.31. --- src/regex.c-dist 2011-04-29 14:31:16.000000000 +0100 +++ src/regex.c 2011-12-11 19:43:46.000000000 +0000 ＠＠ -3553,12 +3553,18 ＠＠ { re_char *prev = p - 2; re_bool prev_prev_backslash = prev > pattern && prev[-1] == '\\'; + re_bool shy_open = prev-1 > pattern && prev[0] == ':' + && prev[-1] == '?' && prev[-2] == '('; + re_bool ppp_backslash = prev-2 > pattern && prev[-3] == '\\'; return /* After a subexpression? */ (*prev == '(' && (syntax & RE_NO_BK_PARENS || prev_prev_backslash)) /* After an alternative? */ - || (*prev == '|' && (syntax & RE_NO_BK_VBAR || prev_prev_backslash)); + || (*prev == '|' && (syntax & RE_NO_BK_VBAR || prev_prev_backslash)) + /* After a shy open? */ + || (!(syntax & RE_NO_SHY_GROUPS) && shy_open + && (syntax & RE_NO_BK_PARENS || ppp_backslash)); } --- tests/automated/regexp-tests.el-dist 2011-04-29 14:31:17.000000000 +0100 +++ tests/automated/regexp-tests.el 2011-12-11 19:48:59.000000000 +0000 ＠＠ -401,6 +401,11 ＠＠ (Assert (progn (string-match "\\(a\\)" a) (string-match "\\(?:a\\)" a) (not (match-beginning 1)))) + + ;; ^ at beginning of shy group. Fix by + ;; Julian Bradfield on 2012-12-11. + (Assert (string-match "\\(?:^\\)" "")) + (Assert (string-match "a(?:^)" "a:^)")) ) ;; bug identified by Katsumi Yamaoka 2004-09-03 <b9ywtzbbpue.fsf_-_(a)jpl.org&gt; ＠＠ -548,7 +553,7 ＠＠ ;; combinations of STRING and STRBUFFER. ;; empty string at point -;; Thanks Julian Bradford on XEmacs Beta +;; Thanks Julian Bradfield on XEmacs Beta ;; <18652.54975.894512.880956(a)krk.inf.ed.ac.uk&gt; (with-string-as-buffer-contents "aáa" (goto-char (point-min)) _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta