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@@ -3529,6 +3529,14 @@ element, if the last match was on a buffer. `set-match-data'
accepts such a list for restoring the match state.
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+*** Functions `match-data' and `set-match-data' now have an optional
+argument `reseat'. When non-nil, all markers in the match data list
+passed to these function will be reseated to point to nowhere, and if
+the value of `reseat' is `evaporate', the markers are put onto the
+free list. Note that no other references to those markers must exist
+if `evaporate' is specified for the `reseat' argument.
+
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*** The default value of `sentence-end' is now defined using the new
variable `sentence-end-without-space', which contains such characters
that end a sentence without following spaces.