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From: fr07+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Frank Ritter)
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Subject: problem in manual
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Date: 9 Nov 89 14:25:13 GMT
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[please forward to the separate manual group if appropriate]

I've run across what appears to be a bug.  The gnu-elisp manual uses
the code below as an example, but it doesn't work.

(string-match "ba\(na\)*" "banana")
    [p. 285, GNU emacs lisp manual, Emacs version 18, March 1988]

 (string-match "ba\\(na\\)*" "banana")

Since the above modified form works, I suspect that the text
explaining how "\( \)" works is wrong also.  The text and example
should be updated.

Sincerely,

Frank  ritter@psy.cmu.edu, @cs.cmu.edu