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* Why does save-match-data do what it does?
@ 2018-03-07  5:03 Marcin Borkowski
  2018-03-07  9:55 ` Robert Pluim
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Marcin Borkowski @ 2018-03-07  5:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list

Hi all,

save-match-data works by assigning the current match data to a temporary
variable, doing its stuff and restoring it again.  Why not this?

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defmacro save-match-data-icmd (&rest body)
  "An alternative definition of `save-match-data'."
  (declare (indent 0) (debug t))
  `(let ((inhibit-changing-match-data t))
     ,@body))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

(Of course, without the quoting, for the reason mentioned in subr.el.)

TIA,

--
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl



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* Re: Why does save-match-data do what it does?
  2018-03-07  5:03 Why does save-match-data do what it does? Marcin Borkowski
@ 2018-03-07  9:55 ` Robert Pluim
  2018-03-07 10:40   ` Marcin Borkowski
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Robert Pluim @ 2018-03-07  9:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marcin Borkowski; +Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> save-match-data works by assigning the current match data to a temporary
> variable, doing its stuff and restoring it again.  Why not this?
>
> (defmacro save-match-data-icmd (&rest body)
>   "An alternative definition of `save-match-data'."
>   (declare (indent 0) (debug t))
>   `(let ((inhibit-changing-match-data t))
>      ,@body))

What if body want to use match data?

Robert



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* Re: Why does save-match-data do what it does?
  2018-03-07  9:55 ` Robert Pluim
@ 2018-03-07 10:40   ` Marcin Borkowski
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Marcin Borkowski @ 2018-03-07 10:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Robert Pluim; +Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list


On 2018-03-07, at 10:55, Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> save-match-data works by assigning the current match data to a temporary
>> variable, doing its stuff and restoring it again.  Why not this?
>>
>> (defmacro save-match-data-icmd (&rest body)
>>   "An alternative definition of `save-match-data'."
>>   (declare (indent 0) (debug t))
>>   `(let ((inhibit-changing-match-data t))
>>      ,@body))
>
> What if body want to use match data?

What is the offical ascii art for a person clapping their forehead with
their palm?

Thanks!

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl



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