Re: find-file-noselect needs save-match-data

[Richard Stallman]

    >>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.

    Do you want to work on a new variable?  Since adding `-p' to only two
    match functions doesn't make sense.  And adding `-p' to all functions
    makes even less sense.

For the reasons explained in my words quoted above, I've
decided I want the two new functions and NOT the variable.