GNU bug report logs - #23949
25.0.95; Regression in handling error caused by (string-match-p "." nil)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 20:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Merged with 16294, 24166

Found in versions 25.0.95, 24.3.50

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #71 received at 23949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: schwab <at> suse.de, 23949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: 25.0.95;
 Regression in handling error caused by (string-match-p "." nil)
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:06:28 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  schwab <at> suse.de,  23949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 09:59:33 -0400
> 
> In the case of string-match-p I think we should get rid of
> inhibit-changing-match-data and implement string-match-p (and
> looking-at-p) some other way.

Why?  The only problem with the current implementation is when
string-match signals an error.  We need to make sure the error is
handled not under the binding of inhibit-changing-match-data.
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