From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Saving match data Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 23:22:05 +0300 Message-ID: <83ponnojv6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87twd0j7fi.fsf@web.de> <83zimrokuj.fsf@gnu.org> <87y42b3hni.fsf@web.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1475094208 9064 195.159.176.226 (28 Sep 2016 20:23:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:23:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 28 22:23:24 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bpLNk-0000Fp-Sk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 22:23:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32870 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpLNj-0002rd-Bn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:23:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59201) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpLMp-00020o-Te for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:22:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpLMl-0004GC-OR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:22:10 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:36004) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpLMl-0004G8-L1; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:22:07 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1353 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bpLMk-00063k-8b; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:22:07 -0400 In-reply-to: <87y42b3hni.fsf@web.de> (message from Michael Heerdegen on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 22:15:29 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:207880 Archived-At: > From: Michael Heerdegen > Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 22:15:29 +0200 > > `save-match-data' is the thing I would like to avoid: instead of > an implicit state that is altered as side effect, I want to make uses of > match data explicit e.g. by using a variable. Why? what would that gain us?