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news-files-annotated/lintr.md

@@ -435,6 +435,13 @@
     version; we've simply made that dependency explicit and up-front
     (#2569, @MichaelChirico).
     !end-bullet!
+-   !begin-bullet!
+    Some code with parameters accepting regular expressions is less
+    strict about whether there are capture groups (#2678,
+    @MichaelChirico). In particular, this affects
+    `unreachable_code_linter(allow_comment_regex=)` and
+    `expect_lint(checks=)`.
+    !end-bullet!
 
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news-files/lintr.md

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 * All user-facing messages are now prepared using the `{cli}` package (#2418, @IndrajeetPatil). All messages have been reviewed and updated to be more informative and consistent.
 * File locations in lints and error messages contain clickable hyperlinks to improve code navigation (#2645, #2588, @olivroy).
 * {lintr} now depends on R version 4.0.0. It already does so implicitly due to recursive upstream dependencies requiring this version; we've simply made that dependency explicit and up-front (#2569, @MichaelChirico).
+* Some code with parameters accepting regular expressions is less strict about whether there are capture groups  (#2678, @MichaelChirico). In particular, this affects `unreachable_code_linter(allow_comment_regex=)` and `expect_lint(checks=)`.
 
 # lintr 3.1.2
 

previous_updates.csv

@@ -18270,3 +18270,4 @@ ggplot2,e0cf4ee4d8914c1d407cb117fabfa0d0,"`guide_axis()` no longer reserves spac
 ggplot2,76b09aa7fe183fc14e5967aebd49b5b2,"New argument `labs(dictionary)` to label based on variable name rather than based on aesthetic (@​teunbrand, #5178)",NA,NA,NA,NA
 DT,9e6f85334bb145d177c21615f15ee5ee,"Moved **httpuv** from `Imports` to `Suggests` in `DESCRIPTION` (thanks, @​MichaelChirico, #1159).",NA,NA,NA,NA
 bslib,d4d00c80c8f5228420b7123a533aea6f,"The navbar-related style options of `page_navbar()` and `navset_bar()` have been consolidated into a single `navbar_options` argument that pairs with a new `navbar_options()` helper. Using the direct `position`, `bg`, `inverse`, `collapsible`, and `underline` arguments will continue to work with a deprecation message. (#1141) Related to the above change, `navset_bar()` now defaults to using `underline = TRUE` so that both `page_navbar()` and `navset_bar()` use the same set of default `navbar_options()`.",NA,NA,NA,NA
+lintr,c2b0556ec8c55011b94a9f787808273e,"Some code with parameters accepting regular expressions is less strict about whether there are capture groups (#2678, @​MichaelChirico). In particular, this affects `unreachable_code_linter(allow_comment_regex=)` and `expect_lint(checks=)`.",NA,NA,NA,NA