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(Timers): Timers should save and restore the match data if they change it.
author Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
date Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:14:24 +0000
parents 8981e470ace7
children 80bd8eddac37
files lispref/os.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lispref/os.texi	Thu Jun 16 20:06:48 2005 +0000
+++ b/lispref/os.texi	Thu Jun 16 20:14:24 2005 +0000
@@ -1375,6 +1375,9 @@
 changes from user commands' changes and prevent a single undo entry
 from growing to be quite large.
 
+  If a timer function calls functions that can change the match data,
+it should save and restore the match data.  @xref{Saving Match Data}.
+
 @deffn Command run-at-time time repeat function &rest args
 This sets up a timer that calls the function @var{function} with
 arguments @var{args} at time @var{time}.  If @var{repeat} is a number