[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/src/search.c,v

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/12/01 06:57:11

Index: search.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/src/search.c,v
retrieving revision 1.227
retrieving revision 1.228
diff -u -b -r1.227 -r1.228
--- search.c    21 Nov 2007 04:55:53 -0000      1.227
+++ search.c    1 Dec 2007 06:57:11 -0000       1.228
@@ -3239,9 +3239,10 @@
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("inhibit-changing-match-data", &Vinhibit_changing_match_data,
       doc: /* Internal use only.
-If non-nil, the match data will not be changed during call to searching or
-matching functions, such as `looking-at', `string-match', `re-search-forward'
-etc.  */);
+If non-nil, the primitive searching and matching functions
+such as `looking-at', `string-match', `re-search-forward', etc.,
+do not set the match data.  The proper way to use this variable
+is to bind it with `let' around a small expression.  */);
   Vinhibit_changing_match_data = Qnil;
 
   defsubr (&Slooking_at);