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>>>>> Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>:

> Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:

>> Practically speaking, what this means is that you need to write:

>> ("subject" ".*\\[some-list\\].*" "some-list")

> Or make them word characters.

Making [ and ] word characters for something like this, sounds like a
receipe for confusion.

I'd say keep it simple and go with Russ' suggestion.