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

[Herbert Euler]

>     >>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.

Last confirming before working: can we implement a new variable at the
C level and implement the two new functions (possibly as macros) at
the Lisp level?  This is an eclectic proposal and takes advantages
from both sides.

Regards,
Guanpeng Xu

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