From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3863: 23.1.50; possible save-match-data in copyright.el Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:57:33 +0200 Message-ID: <4A602EED.9040404@gmx.at> References: <87bpnkk88s.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: martin rudalics , 3863@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1247818711 12633 80.91.229.12 (17 Jul 2009 08:18:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:18:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3863@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 17 10:18:24 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MRie3-00075D-QL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:18:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35587 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MRie2-0004FQ-Uo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:18:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MRidN-0003yk-FV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:17:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MRidH-0003vu-IM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:17:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34762 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MRidH-0003vl-Am for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:17:31 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:40373) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MRidG-0007m5-U6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:17:31 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n6H8HS6u004473; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:17:28 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n6H855po001853; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:05:05 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: martin rudalics Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:05:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3863 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3863-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3863.1247817468592 (code B ref 3863); Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:05:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3863) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 17 Jul 2009 07:57:48 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with SMTP id n6H7vfEH000582 for <3863@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:57:43 -0700 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 17 Jul 2009 07:57:35 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-36-157.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.36.157]) [62.47.36.157] by mail.gmx.net (mp070) with SMTP; 17 Jul 2009 09:57:35 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18vJqtR2tovSssS6q7ikzjOv5KVrCGNGBy+v3WmUn EXOT6/1E+SukBK User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.8 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:17:36 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:29489 Archived-At: > If you think y-or-n-p deserves saving the match-data then pretty much > all other functions deserve that change as well. And since > save-match-data is somewhat costly, it would imply a singificant > performance impact. You're obviously right and I meanwhile also learned to share your earlier reservations wrt `looking-at-p' and `string-match-p'. However, the underlying problem deserves a profound explanation in the Elisp manual in oder to avoid such discussions in the future. So please, pretty please, write one. martin