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Re: string-strip
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: string-strip |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:22:49 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>>> + (save-match-data
>> Why?
> The purpose of string-strip is to strip the string, nothing else.
> Changing match-data is not an intended side effect, so it should be
> avoided IMO.
Given that it takes a regexp as argument, I'd say that it *is* expected to
mess the match data.
Stefan