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In article <mailman.14.1302203359.27822.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
PJ Weisberg  <pj@irregularexpressions.net> wrote:
>M-x report-emacs-bug is probably the best way.  The docstrings for
>match-string and replace-match should emphasize that ANY code that
>deals with strings--notably code that gives control to the user--is
>liable to replace the "last matched" string, so those functions should
>be called right away after you do the match.
>
>On 4/7/11, ken <gebser@mousecar.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 04/05/2011 11:39 PM ken wrote:
>>> ....
>>> the problem wasn't a search, but with the read-from-minibuffer function.
>>>  For some reason, invoking that wipes out all the subexpressions.
>>
>> I don't recall reading about this.  If it's not already in the official
>> documentation, how do we add it in?

Or maybe a "with-last-matched-string-preserved" or something like it?

David