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Re: region-active-p
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: region-active-p |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:08 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> > But why introduce new diffs? If there is a need I will
>> > change my mind.
>>
>> Diferences of behavior are perfectly fine. The differences we do not
>> want are differences which break elisp code (i.e. packages). I see no
>> indication that this kind of difference will ever break elisp code.
> A bug then may occur at XEmacs-side if someone codes
> the need for an exclusive `mark-active'/region-exists-p
> with `region-active-p useroption'. XEmacs will not know
> about that option, only reads `region-active-p' and
> decision may be wrong.
> XEmacs will always check for an extend if
> `region-active-p' is written and maybe return `nil' in
> cases, where it's not TRT.
You talk about the user-level behavior. Reread what I wrote.
Stefan
Re: region-active-p, Andreas Röhler, 2007/12/11