GNU bug report logs - #34214
25.3; minibuffer function help in lisp modes changes match-data

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Miguel V. S. Frasson" <mvsfrasson <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:44:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 34214 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>, "Miguel V. S. Frasson" <mvsfrasson <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#34214: 25.3; minibuffer function help in lisp modes changes match-data
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 00:10:03 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

>> The "documented" behavior is in Elisp Reference, but not in
>> doc-strings of functions that rely on match data. So they are not so
>> easily spotted by non-experienced users.
>
> I agree that this could be documented in `match-string'.

I've now done so in Emacs 28.

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