Re: Returning argument string (regexp-quote)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Mattias Engdegård <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:44:21 +0200
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> What about the specific case of regexp-quote then?

I think we could do that in this case.

> It was responsible for a sizeable portion of local consing in some 
> (non-public) code I was profiling.

"Sizable portion" meaning what, in quantitative terms?

> Would the change need a mention in NEWS, and/or its doc string?

I think it should be in NEWS and in the ELisp manual.  Doc string
doesn't necessarily have to say that (although it isn't a catastrophe
if it does), given its current language.

Thanks.