Re: find-file-noselect needs save-match-data

[Kim F. Storm]

martin rudalics <address@hidden> writes:

>> It's quite the opposite IMO.  "safe" can mean many things, whereas
>> "nodata" clearly indicates that it doesn't set (or modify) match-data.
>
> "-nodata" is good.
>
>> But in practice, we should have a macro to encapsulate calls:
>>
>>     (preserve-match-data (string-match ...))
>
> This would violate referential transparency.  Consider
>
> (defvar foobar "foobar")
>
> (defun foo ()
>   (string-match "foo" foobar)
>   (match-string 0 foobar))
>
> (defun bar ()
>   (string-match "bar" foobar)
>   (preserve-match-data
>    (foo)))


Well, I specifically intended the preserve-match-data to be used
in "closed contexts" like

   (preserve-match-data (looking-at ...))
   (preserve-match-data (string-match ...))

etc.

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