From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Herbert Euler" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: find-file-noselect needs save-match-data Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:07:58 +0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182326899 25218 80.91.229.12 (20 Jun 2007 08:08:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:08:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, schwab@suse.de, miles@gnu.org, miles.bader@necel.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 20 10:08:16 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I0vEd-00023Q-VD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:08:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I0vEc-0000P8-Lt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:08:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I0vEW-0000Os-47 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:08:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I0vET-0000OO-Uk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:08:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I0vET-0000OL-Mw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:08:05 -0400 Original-Received: from bay0-omc3-s30.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.230]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I0vER-0002th-1D; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:08:03 -0400 Original-Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.154.117]) by bay0-omc3-s30.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:08:01 -0700 Original-Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:08:01 -0700 Original-Received: from 65.55.154.123 by by143fd.bay143.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:07:58 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.145.54.7] X-Originating-Email: [herberteuler@hotmail.com] X-Sender: herberteuler@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Jun 2007 08:08:01.0382 (UTC) FILETIME=[1EF9D060:01C7B312] X-detected-kernel: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:73392 Archived-At: > > Yes, but if people get in the habit of using a new function > > whenever they don't actually want to use the match data, > > which I expect is most of the time, that need to think carefully > > will be much less frequent. > > I think this is a delusion. > >We will have to agree to disagree. > >Would someone please implement string-match-p and looking-at-p? >(A variable would be more general, but not as simple to use. >Its only advantage over save-match-data would be a small speedup.) Is there somebody working on it? If not, I would like to start it. Regards, Guanpeng Xu _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/