Re: Is it obvious that string-match syntax matching is affected by the current buffer?

[Stefan Monnier]

> When I work with a string then I feel it should not be affected
> by settings of the current buffer, because it's not buffer text
> anymore, but a separate object.

I agree, yet at the same time this begs the question: which setting to
use, if not the current buffer's?

Using some global setting for them instead would be wrong just as often,
if not more.


        Stefan