GNU bug report logs - #3863
23.1.50; possible save-match-data in copyright.el

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>

Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:10:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #55 received at 3863 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 3863 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3863: 23.1.50; possible save-match-data in copyright.el
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:57:33 +0200

> If you think y-or-n-p deserves saving the match-data then pretty much
> all other functions deserve that change as well.  And since
> save-match-data is somewhat costly, it would imply a singificant
> performance impact.

You're obviously right and I meanwhile also learned to share your
earlier reservations wrt `looking-at-p' and `string-match-p'.  However,
the underlying problem deserves a profound explanation in the Elisp
manual in oder to avoid such discussions in the future.  So please,
pretty please, write one.

martin
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