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Re: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (
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John Yates |
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Re: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598) |
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Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:36:58 -0400 |
Okay. Then how about
Return a string equal to @var{instring} with every occurence of
@var{fromstring} replaced by @var{tostring}.
On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 9:50 AM Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 07:43:03 -0400, John Yates <john@yates-sheets.org>
> >>>>> said:
>
> John> Is there a role for the imperative mood?
> John> Return @var{instring} after replacing every occurence of
> John> @var{fromstring} with @var{tostring}.
>
> John> I find it typically shorter and more contractual.
>
> I think that fails to pass Mattias' requirement of making it clear
> that the returned string is not a destructively modified 'instring'
>
> Robert
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- Re: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Robert Pluim, 2020/09/28
- Re: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Mattias EngdegÄrd, 2020/09/28
- Re: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Robert Pluim, 2020/09/28
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- Re: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Robert Pluim, 2020/09/28
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- RE: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Drew Adams, 2020/09/28
- Re: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/28
- RE: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Drew Adams, 2020/09/28
- Re: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/28
- Re: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), John Yates, 2020/09/28
- RE: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Drew Adams, 2020/09/28
- Re: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/28
- RE: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Drew Adams, 2020/09/29
- RE: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/29
- RE: master 583cb26 2/3: Improve accuracy in string-replace description (bug#43598), Drew Adams, 2020/09/29