Re: add function argument names to regex* functions.

On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 12:52 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 3:25 PM David G. Johnston
> <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > The function replaces matches, not random characters. And if you are
> reading the documentation I find it implausible that the wording I
> suggested would cause one to think in terms of characters instead of
> matches.
>
> I mean I just told you what my reaction to it was. If you find that
> reaction "implausible" then I guess you think I was lying when I said
> that?
>
>
You just broke my brain when you say that you read:

By default, only the first match of the pattern is replaced. If replace_at
is specified and greater than zero, then the first "replace_at - 1" matches
are skipped before making a single replacement (i.e., the g flag is ignored
when replace_at is specified.)

And then say:

I'd expect replace_at to be a character position or something, not an
occurrence count.

I guess it isn't a claim you are lying, rather I simply don't follow your
mental model of all this and in my mental model behind the proposal I don't
believe the typical reader will become confused on that point. I guess
that means I don't find you to be the typical reader, at least so far as
this specific topic goes. But hey, maybe I'm the one in the minority. In
either case we disagree and that was my main point.

David J.