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From: Alex Branham <alex.branham@gmail.com>
To: 33695@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33695: 27.0.50; which-function reports wrong imenu information
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:58:25 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tvjlmcoe.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)

(which-function) can report outdated information because it relies on
imenu--index-alist. To see what I'm talking about, from emacs -q:

M-x which-function-mode RET

type:
    (defun test () "foo" (ignore))

M-x imenu *Rescan* RET C-g

type:
    (defun test2 () "bar" (ignore))

With point inside test2, (which-function) reports test (you'll see this
in the modeline) because it uses the (outdated) information in
`imenu--index-alist'.

I see a few potential fixes:

- Check `add-log-current-defun' before checking `imenu--index-alist' in
  `which-function' (easy, but falling back on imenu--index-alist could
  still report old info)

- Have `which-function' update `imenu--index-alist' before checking it
  (also easy to implement, but updating the index could be slow in large
  buffers)

- Something else

I'm happy to write up a patch, just let me know what solution is best.

Thanks,
Alex





             reply	other threads:[~2018-12-10 18:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-12-10 18:58 Alex Branham [this message]
2018-12-11  8:35 ` bug#33695: 27.0.50; which-function reports wrong imenu information martin rudalics
2018-12-11 14:32   ` Alex Branham
2018-12-12  8:31     ` martin rudalics
2018-12-12 22:53       ` Alex Branham
2018-12-13  9:01         ` martin rudalics
2018-12-19 15:42 ` bug#33695: [PATCH] Fix which-function reporting outdated information Alex Branham
2019-01-10 19:55 ` Alex Branham
2019-02-19 21:29   ` Alex Branham
2019-02-22 21:28   ` Alex Branham

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