> From: Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> > Cc: rpl...@gmail.com, 23...@debbugs.gnu.org, alex.ben...@linaro.org, > jwieg...@gmail.com, nljlistb...@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:03:51 -0400 > > I guess the next best thing is: > - copy search_regs.start and search_regs.end before calling replace_range. > - use that copy when adjusting the match data. > Or equivalently, use save-match-data. IOW go back to your original patch. > Duh!
Do we care that using save-match-data in every call to replace-match might mean a performance hit? If it will, then this will again punish most of the users for the benefit of those few who (1) have buffer-modification hooks, and (2) those hooks call save-match-data.
