[cl-ppcre-devel] Bug?

[Dave Pawson]

Input text

  * Representatives from  <Sun> & <Novell> versions) & <Symphony>,
<KOffice>, <Google> Docs & Spreadsheets and Microsoft Office.

code

(defun msg(message)
  (format t "~%~A~%" message)
)

(defun cleanup (line)
"Replace < and & with entities"
  (msg (cl-ppcre:regex-replace-all "&" line "&"))
  (msg (cl-ppcre:regex-replace-all "<" line "<"))
  )


The first message replaces &
The second shows that & has been changed back to &

   * Representatives from  <Sun> & <Novell> versions) &
<Symphony>, <KOffice>, <Google> Docs & Spreadsheets and Microsoft
Office.

    * Representatives from  <Sun> & <Novell> versions) &
<Symphony>, <KOffice>, <Google> Docs & Spreadsheets and
Microsoft Office.


regards

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