Mercurial > emacs
changeset 56313:a75eb408147c
(Entire Match Data): Add explanation about new
match-data behavior when @var{integers} is non-nil.
| author | David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 01 Jul 2004 23:54:21 +0000 |
| parents | 3415fedf5983 |
| children | 6a5f26b68c3c |
| files | lispref/ChangeLog lispref/searching.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/ChangeLog Thu Jul 01 21:03:14 2004 +0000 +++ b/lispref/ChangeLog Thu Jul 01 23:54:21 2004 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2004-07-02 David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> + + * searching.texi (Entire Match Data): Add explanation about new + match-data behavior when @var{integers} is non-nil. + 2004-06-24 Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> * commands.texi (Misc Events): Describe usr1-signal, usr2-signal event.
--- a/lispref/searching.texi Thu Jul 01 21:03:14 2004 +0000 +++ b/lispref/searching.texi Thu Jul 01 23:54:21 2004 +0000 @@ -1459,8 +1459,11 @@ All the elements are markers or @code{nil} if matching was done on a buffer and all are integers or @code{nil} if matching was done on a string with @code{string-match}. If @var{integers} is -non-@code{nil}, then all elements are integers or @code{nil}, even if -matching was done on a buffer. Also, @code{match-beginning} and +non-@code{nil}, then the elements are integers or @code{nil}, even if +matching was done on a buffer. In that case, the buffer itself is +appended as an additional element at the end of the list +to facilitate complete restoration of the match data. Also, +@code{match-beginning} and @code{match-end} always return integers or @code{nil}. If @var{reuse} is non-@code{nil}, it should be a list. In that case,