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Subject: string-match and match-string
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I get an error when doing things like these:

   (when (string-match "\\(some\\)" "<something>")
     (match-string 1))

   (when (string-match "<.*>" "<something>")
     (match-string 0))

Should not match-string work here?

Note: I am still using a CVS Emacs from June 2007.