Re: convert-standard-filename on w32 does not preserve match-data?

[Lennart Borgman]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > Should not the whole body of convert-standard-filename in w32-fns.el be
> > protected by save-match-data? Does not match-string set match-data?
> >     
>
> No, I think instead that code that calls convert-standard-filename shouldn't
> expect it to preserve the match-data.
> Could you point us to the code that incorrectly expects it to preserve the
> match data, or at least to a case where your suggested change fixes a bug?
>   

There is already a call to save-match-data in convert-standard-filename 
in w32-fns.el. I am just saying that it is in the wrong place.
Useless. And I can't understand why it should not protect match-data?