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Re: 23.0.60; Bug in BUF_SET_PT
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: 23.0.60; Bug in BUF_SET_PT |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:18:26 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
>>>> [Trunk and branch]
>>
>>> Stefan has checked in a fix on the trunk, but the problem exists on the
>>> Emacs 22 branch as well.
>>
>> Like lots of other problems.
>> Do you have a real case where it introduces real breakage?
> Yes, I have run into args-out-of-range errors in revert-buffer (that's
> how I found the problem). It's very rare though.
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (args-out-of-range 720381)
> insert-file-contents("[...]" t nil nil t)
> revert-buffer(nil t)
I expect this to be very rare indeed, since the problem has been around
for ages.
> (If you want to be conservative on the branch, just make the BUF_SET_PT
> --> BUF_TEMP_SET_PT change.)
Of course, that's the only part I'd commit. But even this will have to
wait for after-22.2.
Stefan