Subject: bug#2499: 23.0.91; syntax-ppss / beginning-of-defun not saving match data

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:50:32 -0500

>   (i) `beginning-of-defun' is allowed to not save match data. If so,
>       please document it.

99.9% of the functions are allowed to not save match data.  We do not
bother to document it.  We should document the functions that are not
allowed to do it, OTOH.

        Stefan