GNU bug report logs - #57795
FIXME about save-match-data in shell-command

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:37:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: FIXME about save-match-data in shell-command
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:36:30 -0700

Severity: wishlist

In `shell-command', we have the following comment:

	;; Preserve the match data in case called from a program.
        ;; FIXME: It'd be ridiculous for an Elisp function to call
        ;; shell-command and assume that it won't mess the match-data!

I think we should decide to either get rid of the FIXME, or to take the
plunge and remove `save-match-data'.  (Note that the latter has been
there since 1995.)
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