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bug#18370: insert-file-contents: forbids also beg, end for non-regular (
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Juri Linkov |
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bug#18370: insert-file-contents: forbids also beg, end for non-regular (special) files |
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Sun, 12 Jun 2022 10:11:07 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> Simple test case:
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>> (insert-file-contents "/dev/urandom" nil nil 10)
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>> This still fails in Emacs 29, and it would indeed be nice if it worked.
>> I seem to remember this being discussed previously, and that... er...
>> no, I can't really recall anything more than that.
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>> Does anybody see any good reasons why we shouldn't allow this? If not,
>> I can take a stab at implementing it...
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> There were no objections, so I've now added this to Emacs 29.
Maybe this is related to bug#9800, still unfixed after this change.