bug#48478: 28.0.50; yank-from-kill-ring and kill-ring-yank-pointer

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> If one uses "C-y M-y M-y ... C-y", the last C-y will yank the
> same kill-ring entry that the M-y before it.  But if one uses
> "M-y M-y ... C-y", the last C-y will yank not the entry produced
> by the last M-y, but the one after it.  Which means
> yank-from-kill-ring leaves the kill-ring-yank-pointer at a different
> entry than yank-pop does.
>
> Bug or feature?  If the latter, what is the rationale for the
> different operation?

It feels like a bug to me -- I expect the `C-y' in both situations to
produce the same text as the `M-y' before it.  I think.

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