GNU bug report logs - #65536
30.0.50; replace-regexp-in-string documentation does not mention it saves match data

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 65536 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jens Schmidt <jschmidt4gnu <at> vodafonemail.de>
Subject: bug#65536: 30.0.50; replace-regexp-in-string documentation does not mention it saves match data
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 10:40:18 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I think it's okay to leave things as they are.
>
> Stefan, WDYT?

We do not want to change replace-regexp-in-string's behavior.  This
goes without saying IMO, and needs no documentation changes.

I also see nothing highly surprising or unusual about it saving match
data.  Interested users can easily read the code to see if it does,
just like Jens did.

So I also think it's fine not to change anything here, on balance.

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