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bug#38575: 27.0.50; Document that `diff' arguments OLD and NEW can be bu
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#38575: 27.0.50; Document that `diff' arguments OLD and NEW can be buffers |
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Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:21:43 +0200 |
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:46:40 +1300
> From: Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz>
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> This feature is utilised by `diff-buffer-with-file', and is far too
> useful to be undocumented by `diff'.
Agreed.
> I suggest the following additional paragraph:
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> Non-interactively, OLD and NEW may each be buffers, in which
> case a temporary file will be used.
Why is it important to mention the fact that we use temporary files in
this case? It sounds like an implementation detail.