Hi Tony!
On Do, 28 Jan 2016, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Christian Brabandt
> <vim-dev-git...@256bit.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hm, I think you closed too early. In my opinion an empty glob pattern
> should result in an empty regexp
>
>
>
>
> Christian, I wouldn't have thought this of you.
I am sorry.
> An empty glob pattern matches only the empty string.
Perhaps I am just confused, but what is an empty glob pattern?
Is that an empty pattern or a pattern where neither '*' nor '?' occurs?
> An empty Vim pattern matches anything.
Actually an empty Vim pattern matches nothing and Vim falls back and
uses the previous pattern. In fact after using :let @/='' Vim falls back
and uses the last substitution pattern. I found that surprising.
> So you can't translate one by the other. To match the empty string
> (with =~ and friends) you need '^$' which is what you already get.
>
> Conclusion: It isn't a bug, it's a feature.
I am not sure yet. But I don't have a strong opinion on it either.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Christian
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sondern darin, daß du auch immer willst, was du tust.
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