[debbugs-tracker] bug#32395: closed (26.1; generated autoloads includes string properties if buffer is open)

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> 26.1; generated autoloads includes string properties if buffer is open
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> Wed, 8 Aug 2018 00:09:22 -0700
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> The autoload generation code inserts a form with a string that may or
> may not have text properties, depending on if the buffer is already
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> (if (fboundp 'register-definition-prefixes)
>              (register-definition-prefixes "foo"
>                                            '(#("foo-" 0 4 (fontified nil)))))
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> (if (fboundp 'register-definition-prefixes)
>              (register-definition-prefixes "foo" '("foo-")))
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> This makes autoload generation depend on the odd condition of whether
> the file under consideration is already open and fontified.
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> In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30)
>  of 2018-07-05 built on juergen
> Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12000000
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> Configured using:
>  'configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/lib
>  --localstatedir=/var --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-xft --with-modules
>  'CFLAGS=-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong
>  -fno-plt' CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
>  LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now'
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> Configured features:
> XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND GPM DBUS GSETTINGS NOTIFY
> ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS
> GTK3 X11 MODULES THREADS LIBSYSTEMD LCMS2
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> > From: Allen Li <address@hidden>
> > Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2018 02:49:30 -0700
> > Cc: address@hidden
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> > > Can you tell more about the use case where you see this?  Does this
> > > happen when the autoload files in the Emacs tree are generated?
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> > I use update-directory-autoloads to generate autoloads for personal
> > Emacs Lisp files.  The text changes depending on whether I have a
> > buffer open for any of said files, which is annoying as I have the
> > autoload file under source version control.  If I edit one file and
> > update autoloads, it will create a number of unrelated changes in
> > version control, depending on whether I have any other files open in
> > buffers or not.
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> > I don't see why there is a need to preserve the text properties of the
> > package prefix in the autoload file, only when the file for which
> > autoloads are being generated is open in a buffer.  That seems like
> > very silly behavior to me and I would fix it on principle even if it
> > were not affecting my work flow.
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> Thanks, I've pushed your changes to the master branch.  If as result
> you no longer think of Emacs as being silly, we all win.
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