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@@ -1375,6 +1375,9 @@ both before and after changing the buffer, to separate the timer's
changes from user commands' changes and prevent a single undo entry
from growing to be quite large.
+ If a timer function calls functions that can change the match data,
+it should save and restore the match data. @xref{Saving Match Data}.
+
@deffn Command run-at-time time repeat function &rest args
This sets up a timer that calls the function @var{function} with
arguments @var{args} at time @var{time}. If @var{repeat} is a number