Carsten Dominik writes: > Well this is very safe - but if you have to assume that every elisp > command does change match data behind your back, you would have to > create a lot of extra code.
Stefan Monnier advises the opposite (quote from http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs/68688 ): --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Okay. On second though: it wouldn't be very useful to use the match > data set by these functions. Why not save the match-data here once so > that no caller has to ever worry about it? Is there a general policy > that this kinda thing shouldn't be done? Yes, the general policy is: all functions should be presumed to trash the match-data, except for a very few exceptions. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf rackAttack V1.04R1: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada
