GNU bug report logs - #61395
28.2; bug-reference warning seems incorrect

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Message #40 received at 61395 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
To: 61395 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: tom <at> tromey.com, tsdh <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61395: 28.2; bug-reference warning seems incorrect
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 10:33:29 +0100

Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Thanks a lot and 100 bonus points to Kévin who has been right with his
> analysis.

s/analysis/'irrational fear of anything match-data related'/

…

s/irrational/'not always entirely unwarranted'/


Just living by Dr Monnier's wise words from bug#35564:

>>                I just tend to get superstitious about messing with match
>> data.
> 
> Instead, you should get superstitious about using the match data too
> far from the corresponding match.

Amen 🙏


(I've since learned that "too far" really means "one function call away,
if that function is declared neither 'pure nor 'side-effect-free")

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