Re: why %s/b//gn doesn't work?

On 2016-05-06 21:52, Tim Chase wrote:
> I recall there was a patch that performed evaluations of the
> replacement in the case it was a "\=" (sub-replace-special), but
> didn't actually replace the text. I'd have to go digging for info
> to exactly which version/patch that went into.

For the record, that was fixed by Christian Brabandt in

Patch 7.3.627

Problem: When using the "n" flag with the ":s" command a \=
substitution will not be evaluated.

Solution: Do perform the evaluation, so that a function can be
invoked at every matching position without changing the text.


which may have stemmed from my grumbling in

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/vim_use/NZauOgvbDIs/8fHuieeyfyEJ

Thanks, Christian, for making my vimming a little better there :-)

-tim





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