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bug#16752: 24.3.50; pp-to-string deactivates mark
From: |
Helmut Eller |
Subject: |
bug#16752: 24.3.50; pp-to-string deactivates mark |
Date: |
Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:23:02 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Fri, Feb 14 2014, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>
>> Cc: 16752@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:02:33 +0100
>>
>> >> (list deactivate-mark
>> >> (pp-to-string '1)
>> >> deactivate-mark)
>> >>
>> >> returns (nil "1" t). Deactivating the mark is a surprising and
>> >> unnecessary side effect.
>> >
>> > _Any_ change to _any_ buffer will set deactivate-mark, which is a
>> > global variable.
>>
>> What has that do to with pp-to-string? I didn't ask for _any_ change to
>> _any_ buffer.
>
> See pp-buffer, which is called by pp-string. You asked for pp-string,
> which does its job using a temporary buffer.
So you're saying that it's not a bug that pp-to-string modifies
deactivate-mark?
Helmut
bug#16752: 24.3.50; pp-to-string deactivates mark, Stefan Monnier, 2014/02/14
- bug#16752: 24.3.50; pp-to-string deactivates mark, Eli Zaretskii, 2014/02/14
- bug#16752: 24.3.50; pp-to-string deactivates mark, Stefan Monnier, 2014/02/14
- bug#16752: 24.3.50; pp-to-string deactivates mark, Eli Zaretskii, 2014/02/15
- bug#16752: 24.3.50; pp-to-string deactivates mark, Stefan Monnier, 2014/02/16
- bug#16752: 24.3.50; pp-to-string deactivates mark, Eli Zaretskii, 2014/02/17
- bug#16752: 24.3.50; pp-to-string deactivates mark, Stefan Monnier, 2014/02/17