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bug#65536: 30.0.50; replace-regexp-in-string documentation does not ment
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#65536: 30.0.50; replace-regexp-in-string documentation does not mention it saves match data |
Date: |
Sat, 26 Aug 2023 12:09:57 +0300 |
tags 65536 notabug wontfix
close 65536
thanks
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 10:40:18 +0200
> Cc: Jens Schmidt <jschmidt4gnu@vodafonemail.de>, 65536@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@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.
Thanks, so I'm closing this bug.