bug#45617: <query-replace> loses the edit region. Works in 23.3, broke in 26.3

[Juri Linkov]

> I put the message in below as you suggest, but the result is as though no
> region is selected - it replaces everywhere in the whole buffer:
>
> And *Messages* only contains:
>
> Mark saved where search started
> Mark set [2 times]
> Replaced 11 occurences
>
> The region I selected contained only 3 occurences.
>
> Have I put your message in the correct place?

Yes, the correct place.  Maybe you need to compile it or just evaluate.