Re: replace matches in any string

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

>>> For one thing I guess it is too late to change the API.  For another,
>>> that prevents strings from being garbage-collected as long as they are
>>> present in some match-data.  While the same is true of buffers, a dead
>>> buffer does not take significant space.
>>
>> We already save the matched object if it's a buffer,
>
> What about my last sentence before yours did you not understand?

I didn't understand the bit where you seem to imply that saving a
reference to one (1) string would take significant space.  (Unless, of
course, you're using a `save-match-data', where you'd save one (1)
string extra per nesting.  I think.)

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