GNU bug report logs - #54218
[PATCH] Magic number regexp shouldn't match beyond end-of-line.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Andrew L. Moore" <slewsys <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 04:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 54218 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Andrew L. Moore" <slewsys <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 54218 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54218: [PATCH] Magic number regexp shouldn't match beyond
 end-of-line.
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:42:43 +0100

"Andrew L. Moore" <slewsys <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Repeat magic number search to work around match-data loss
> when `save-window-excursion' is called.

I think it would perhaps make more sense to just save the match data
instead of repeating the match, so I've now done so in Emacs 29

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