# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1196492352 0
# Node ID 6787c1b3cc6e62dd17f8b278e0a82efdf43c0c7d
# Parent  63254fccf80e6f3dcd404ebbbf92362203e16872
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diff -r 63254fccf80e -r 6787c1b3cc6e etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Sat Dec 01 06:57:39 2007 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Sat Dec 01 06:59:12 2007 +0000
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@
 ** `beginning-of-defun-function' now takes one argument, the count
    given to `beginning-of-defun'.
 
+** The variable `inhibit-changing-match-data', if non-nil, prevents the
+search and match primitives from changing the match data.
+
 +++
 ** New function `match-substitute-replacement' returns the result of
 `replace-match' without actually using it in the buffer.