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

[Stefan Monnier]

>> This function is good because it will enable programmers to DTRT in a
>> simpler way in many cases.

>     I fail to see the simplicity.  All the difficulty comes from having to
>     think about when to be careful about the match-data.

> Yes, but if people get in the habit of using a new function
> whenever they don't actually want to use the match data,
> which I expect is most of the time, that need to think carefully
> will be much less frequent.

I think this is a delusion.  Maybe 100 years from now, it won't be the case
any more but in the foreseeable future most functions will still potentially
(i.e. unless documented otherwise) change the match-data and it'll still be
the only safe assumption to make.


        Stefan