From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25606: [DRAFT PATCH 2/2] Signal list cycles in =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98length=E2=80=99?= etc. Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2017 21:52:59 +0200 Message-ID: <838tpl91ic.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20170201235622.30836-1-eggert@cs.ucla.edu> <20170201235622.30836-2-eggert@cs.ucla.edu> <83wpd8v6x8.fsf@gnu.org> <0a01d2ce-ef3e-7db0-6854-1b5e46d49be4@cs.ucla.edu> <83efzfvhbm.fsf@gnu.org> <08b0e359-3a9b-49f2-1299-51e899f86712@cs.ucla.edu> <83y3xm8gxp.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1486238054 5855 195.159.176.226 (4 Feb 2017 19:54:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 19:54:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25606@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 04 20:54:09 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ca6PQ-0001Fk-BL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 20:54:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40722 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ca6PV-0007Kt-RA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:54:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40985) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ca6PN-0007Kn-Gk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:54:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ca6PK-0002mb-El for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:54:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:58119) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ca6PK-0002mT-B3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:54:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ca6PK-0006Vz-1Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:54:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2017 19:54:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25606 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 25606-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25606.148623800224997 (code B ref 25606); Sat, 04 Feb 2017 19:54:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25606) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Feb 2017 19:53:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56318 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ca6Og-0006V7-JY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:53:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49874) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ca6Oe-0006Uu-Q0 for 25606@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:53:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ca6OW-0002dq-Dn for 25606@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:53:15 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:53973) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ca6OW-0002dl-Ag; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:53:12 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2462 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ca6OU-0005zK-VW; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:53:12 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Paul Eggert on Sat, 4 Feb 2017 11:11:48 -0800) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:128964 Archived-At: > Cc: 25606@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 11:11:48 -0800 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > I remain unconvinced that we should remove these calls. > > I've provided several use cases and test code, all of which suggest that the > maybe_quit calls are unnecessary. You have given no use cases that suggest > otherwise. So I'm puzzled as to why you remain convinced that these calls are > needed. All I'm asking for is a practical use case; it shouldn't be that hard to > give one, if the calls are really important. I did provide use cases, you just dismiss them as unimportant. They are rare and perhaps even marginal, but they do exist. And this feature exists precisely for rare and marginal situations.