Ken Hamada wrote: > Hi list, I noticed that E16 occurs with regexp. > > set re=1 > echo '' =~# '[\uff-\uf0]' > E16: Invalid range > echo '' =~# '[\u3000-\u4000]' > E16: Invalid range > > I think this is unintuitive error message because E16 reminds us the range of > commands (for example :0buffer). So I suggest two exclusive options: > > - Add a note that the error can occur with regexp at :h E16. > - Change the error message and number.
>From the old days a bit of memory was saved by limiting the number of error messages. Now that we are more interested in useful errors, splitting off specific cases is useful. > BTW the behaviour *Limit to a range of 256 chars* differs due to the > regex engine version. > I could not tell the difference until I dived into the source code. I > would like some warning to be written regarding this topic around :h > /[. I thought this was mentioned somewhere, but can't find it right now. Please suggest an improvement. -- "I know that there are people who don't love their fellow man, and I hate those people!" - Tom Lehrer /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" 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_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
