Fix debugging of string-match-p errors

* src/eval.c (call_debugger): Bind inhibit-changing-match-data to nil so
that debugger code that needs to do regexp match won't break
(Bug #23949, Bug #24166, Bug#16294).

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 33b82f74b64..d182f7f693d 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ call_debugger (Lisp_Object arg)
   specbind (Qinhibit_redisplay, Qnil);
   specbind (Qinhibit_debugger, Qt);
 
+  /* If we are debugging an error while `inhibit-changing-match-data'
+     is bound to non-nil (e.g., within a call to `string-match-p'),
+     then make sure debugger code can still use match data.  */
+  specbind (Qinhibit_changing_match_data, Qnil);
+
 #if 0 /* Binding this prevents execution of Lisp code during
          redisplay, which necessarily leads to display problems.  */
   specbind (Qinhibit_eval_during_redisplay, Qt);