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| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/search.c | 7 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ because they clash with commands provided by dirtrack.el. Use ** `beginning-of-defun-function' now takes one argument, the count given to `beginning-of-defun'. +** The variable `inhibit-changing-match-data', if non-nil, prevents the +search and match primitives from changing the match data. + +++ ** New function `match-substitute-replacement' returns the result of `replace-match' without actually using it in the buffer. diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog index 0c9f035e30a..7a5d7fcf93f 100644 --- a/src/ChangeLog +++ b/src/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2007-12-01 Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> + + * search.c (syms_of_search) <inhibit-changing-match-data>: Doc fix. + 2007-11-30 Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> * w32console.c (w32con_ins_del_lines, scroll_line): Clip to window. diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c index 29def81c3eb..3c91d3cce92 100644 --- a/src/search.c +++ b/src/search.c @@ -3239,9 +3239,10 @@ A value of nil (which is the normal value) means treat spaces literally. */); 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); |