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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: rswgnu@gmail.com
Cc: 48294@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48294: Use 'with-current-buffer' byte-compiler warning seems wrong
Date: Sun, 09 May 2021 19:11:13 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zgx37uqm.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+OMD9h2nUocnLksc7zMnVjY_itGM9xOaz3RL5adUvnPca21dw@mail.gmail.com> (message from Robert Weiner on Sun, 9 May 2021 11:57:25 -0400)

> From: Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 9 May 2021 11:57:25 -0400
> Cc: 48294@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.  Everything you wrote is very clear.  The issue, however, is that I want to save
> point in the current buffer prior to switching context to the 'with-current-buffer' buffer, just as my
> (save-excursion (set-buffer ...)) code does.  If I move the save-excursion into the with-current-buffer body,
> then it applies to the new buffer not the original one and if in that same body we change buffers again to the
> original and move point, then that movement will stay in place.  So the question is, what is the appropriate
> code that the byte-compiler will accept when you want to save your original place before switching buffers. 

I don't understand: with-current-buffer doesn't change point of the
original buffer, so why do you need to save it?





  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-09 16:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-08 20:14 bug#48294: Use 'with-current-buffer' byte-compiler warning seems wrong Robert Weiner
2021-05-09  8:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-09 15:57   ` Robert Weiner
2021-05-09 16:11     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-05-09 18:09       ` Robert Weiner
2021-05-09 18:24         ` Eli Zaretskii

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