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Article #125Re: s/A*./B/g editor bug?
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1989 13:55
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1989 13:55
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In article <3522@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> bink@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (9704) writes: -I've noticed the ED s///g command works incorrectly when given the command - s/b*a/c/g -on the input line - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa -Is this a confirmed bug in the RE matcher or the substitute code, and has -it been resolved? This sounds trivial, but it did cause real problems. I believe it's a real bug. The corresponding "sam" x/b*a/c/c/ works as you expected the "ed" command to work.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: s/A*./B/g editor bug? Message-ID: <11329@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 18 Oct 89 13:55:42 GMT References: <3522@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 10