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From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] bug or a feature?
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 12 Jun 2002 17:57:35 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:53:43 -0600
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>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu> writes:

    Dan> Rather, it's an historical artifact; I agree with Doug and
    Dan> Scott that it deserves reconsideration.

Can anyone point out a piece of code that actually uses the current
behaviour in the no-match case *other* than to test for the original
pattern to look for a failed match? I have yet to see one.

--lyndonf