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bug#5440: 23.1; buffer-file-format encoding temp buffers not reentrant
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Andrew Hyatt |
Subject: |
bug#5440: 23.1; buffer-file-format encoding temp buffers not reentrant |
Date: |
Sun, 24 Jul 2016 01:06:05 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (darwin) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:33:17 -0400
>> Cc: 5440@debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> This reproduces on Emacs 25. But I wonder if this should be a wishlist
>> instead of a bug. As the original report notes, decoding a buffer
>> while encoding another buffer doesn't seem like a normal use-case.
>>
>> If no one objects in the next few weeks, I can wishlist this. Making it
>> a minor-severity bug also seems reasonable to me.
>
> I agree. I also suggest to amend the documentation to make this issue
> more explicitly mentioned. The ELisp manual already says
>
> -- Variable: format-alist
> This list contains one format definition for each defined file
> format. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ^^^^^^
>
> "Only one format definition per format." But I think it won't do any
> harm to specifically warn about violating that.
>
> Thanks.
I think the original bug report had one format definition for each
defined file format, but was manipulating a file in one format while in
another format function. How about I change the documentation to just
warn not to manipulate other files in FROM-FN here?