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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 3863@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
Subject: bug#3863: 23.1.50; possible save-match-data in copyright.el
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:54:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d480cvb0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvfxcw35mg.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:24:15 -0400")

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Why?  y-or-n-p will yield waiting for user input, so it's basically
> a point where any other code can run.  It's one of the prime examples of
> a function which you can't expect to preserve the match-data.

I'm not sure what you're referring to.  What other code runs during
y-or-n-p (excluding timers, which are supposed to save the match data)?





  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-07-16 18:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-16 14:33 bug#3863: 23.1.50; possible save-match-data in copyright.el Chong Yidong
2009-07-16 17:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-16 18:42   ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-17  3:23     ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-17  4:00       ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-17  7:57       ` martin rudalics
2009-07-16 18:54   ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2009-07-17  3:24     ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-17  3:54       ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-17 16:00         ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-06  0:56 ` Kevin Ryde
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-07-16  0:05 Kevin Ryde
2009-07-16  2:01 ` Stefan Monnier

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