Hi Marc! On So, 17 Feb 2013, Marc Weber wrote:
> > This is allowed so that in a text > > which is shown by vim as "A^@A" or "A^MA" the '.' also matches those > > control chars carrige return / line feed. > This doesn't make sense. If I ask to not match \n I don't want \n to be > matched. Its about following the principle of least surprise. It depends. Within a text file those control chars can occur and you usually want them to be matched by '.' (or [^\n] which is the same). > The burden to learn vim specific regex is already high enough for most > users. I don't see a burden here. In fact I like the vim specific regex, as I see it as an enhanced version of BRE (but if you don't like it, use the \v modifier). > Also try to make me understand why "[^\n]" is supposed to do what it > says, but '[^\n]' is not. In which way is either one related to .? Because "\n" evals certain special backslash escaped chars within the string (:h expr-string) and by definition '.' is the same as [^\n] at least since one of the latest patches. > > > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_dev/DzJ7ZzYlzQI/discussion > In any case it should be documented. > > Also let me know if you think that I missunderstood the docs which I > referenced. > > So this is either an implementation or a documentation bug. > I'd like to this to be treated as a implementation bug. > > Vim should also follow the principle of "least suprprise" - and [^\n] is > supposed to not match \n. I don't want to change the RE engine so that certain control chars are not matched anymore by '.' or [^\n]. This is at least backwards incompatible (which I wouldn't have a problem with) and unexpected (which I do have a problem with). But in the end, Bram decides. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian -- Deutschland ohne Ausländer ist wie ein Klavier ohne schwarze Tasten. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
