From 500f5da5fb62cd0bbded8df754d93e3147d1d847 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 22:07:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify xref regular expression with rx

* lisp/progmodes/xref.el (xref--regexp-to-extended): switch to rx
regular expression for legibility
---
 lisp/progmodes/xref.el | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
index b841dc1d179..28bd42aebde 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
@@ -2076,7 +2076,8 @@ directory, used as the root of the ignore globs."
   (replace-regexp-in-string
    ;; FIXME: Add tests.  Move to subr.el, make a public function.
    ;; Maybe error on Emacs-only constructs.
-   "\\(?:\\\\\\\\\\)*\\(?:\\\\[][]\\)?\\(?:\\[.+?\\]\\|\\(\\\\?[(){}|]\\)\\)"
+   (rx (zero-or-more "\\\\") (opt "\\" (any "[]"))
+     (or (seq "[" (+? nonl) "]") (group (opt "\\") (any "(){|}"))))
    (lambda (str)
      (cond
       ((not (match-beginning 1))