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Re: FIXME: When the reader is called in the minibuffer.
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: FIXME: When the reader is called in the minibuffer. |
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Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:50:32 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I was fiddling with the reader when I found this:
>
> /* FIXME: ?! When is this used !? */
> return call1 (intern ("read-minibuffer"),
> build_string ("Lisp expression: "));
>
> This code is called when the reader is called from the minibuffer
> *without a stream*, like this:
Yes, that's the part I could figure out, indeed.
But that still leaves open the question of whether this is ever used.
IOW, what would break if we were to remove this case?
> M-:
> Eval: (read) RET
> Lisp expression: ;; Insert elisp code here
When was the last time you did that?
And why did you do it this way rather than via (read-minibuffer "Foo: ")?
Stefan