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

[David Kastrup]

"Herbert Euler" <address@hidden> writes:

>>     >>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.

Just as a note aside: regular expressions like \(.\)\1 are possible,
so the match data _has_ to be stored somewhere, presumably.  This
might impact the attractiveness of the "C variable" implementation.

-- 
David Kastrup