GNU bug report logs - #73018
31.0.50; wdired + replace-regexp only modifies the visible portion of the buffer

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Message #44 received at 73018 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: Madhu <enometh <at> meer.net>, 73018 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73018: 31.0.50; wdired + replace-regexp only modifies the
 visible portion of the buffer
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:14:15 +0300

>> Also noticed that doing the first replacement always raises an error:
>>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Match data clobbered by buffer
>> modification hooks")
>>   replace-match("!" nil nil)
>>   replace-match-maybe-edit("!" nil nil nil (672 673 #<buffer char>) nil)
>>   perform-replace("7" "!" t t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil)
>>   query-replace-regexp("7" "!" nil nil nil nil nil)
>>   funcall-interactively(query-replace-regexp "7" "!" nil nil nil nil nil)
>>   command-execute(query-replace-regexp)
>
> Do I interpret the code in replace_match correctly: this error doesn't
> even mean the match data has been clobbered - only that modification
> hooks called searching functions?  I don't know what the referenced
> search_regs.num_regs exactly contains.  But we already seem to ensure
> not to clobber match data.

It fails in emacs-30, but not in emacs-29.
So this is a regression.

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