Chris Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The match data which the (match-beginning 1) refers to is that which > was saved by the > > (re-search-forward dired-subdir-regexp nil t) > > not by the looking-at, and so the save-match-data call is really not > needed.
The manual gives this piece of advice: A search which fails may or may not alter the match data. In the past, a failing search did not do this, but we may change it in the future. So don't try to rely on the value of the match data after a failing search. (info "(elisp)Simple Match Data") -- Johan Bockgård _______________________________________________ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug