* bug#7118: 24.0.50; dired-subdir-alist, dired-directory, etc.: necessarily buffer-local
@ 2010-09-27 18:47 Drew Adams
2010-09-27 21:05 ` Stefan Monnier
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0 siblings, 3 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2010-09-27 18:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 7118
We should use `make-variable-buffer-local' with vars such as
`dired-subdir-alist' and `dired-directory', instead of just calling
`make-local-variable'. Why? Because these vars MUST be buffer local,
and we might as well make the code clearer by pointing that out. That
is precisely the use case for `make-variable-buffer-local': a var that
is necessarily buffer-local.
Also, the doc strings are otherwise incomplete/vague: for
`dired-subdir-alist', for example, it speaks of "the buffer". The var's
value is local to each particular Dired buffer, and this needs to be
made more clear. If we use `make-variable-buffer-local' that will add
the necessary info to `C-h v' so that the doc strings begin to make
sense. (Still, we should mention in the doc string of
`dired-subdir-alist' that the subdirs are subdirs of `dired-directory'.)
In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
of 2010-09-20 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'
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2010-09-27 18:47 bug#7118: 24.0.50; dired-subdir-alist, dired-directory, etc.: necessarily buffer-local Drew Adams
@ 2010-09-27 21:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-14 14:21 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-27 23:35 ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-02-07 0:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2010-09-27 21:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: 7118
> We should use `make-variable-buffer-local' with vars such as
> `dired-subdir-alist' and `dired-directory', instead of just calling
> `make-local-variable'.
Sounds OK.
Stefan
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2010-09-27 21:05 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2011-07-14 14:21 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-14 14:45 ` Juanma Barranquero
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 2011-07-14 14:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: 7118
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> We should use `make-variable-buffer-local' with vars such as
>> `dired-subdir-alist' and `dired-directory', instead of just calling
>> `make-local-variable'.
>
> Sounds OK.
What's the best way to make this change? Just say
(make-variable-buffer-local 'var)
after the `defvar', and then removing all the `make-local-variable'
calls?
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/
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* bug#7118: 24.0.50; dired-subdir-alist, dired-directory, etc.: necessarily buffer-local
2011-07-14 14:21 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 2011-07-14 14:45 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-14 14:49 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2011-07-14 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: 7118
> What's the best way to make this change? Just say
>
> (make-variable-buffer-local 'var)
>
> after the `defvar', and then removing all the `make-local-variable'
> calls?
Yes.
BTW, it's a mystery to me why `revert-buffer-function' is not
automatically buffer-local, when every single package that sets it
does so locally; having a global non-nil revert-buffer-function does
not make any sense whatsoever.
But IMHO, neither changing `revert-buffer-function' nor
`dired-subdir-alist' and `dired-directory' is really a bug fix. Yes,
as they are now is error prone, but the uses in the sources are
already correct. That should be a wishlist item for 24.2.
Juanma
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* bug#7118: 24.0.50; dired-subdir-alist, dired-directory, etc.: necessarily buffer-local
2011-07-14 14:45 ` Juanma Barranquero
@ 2011-07-14 14:49 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-17 2:24 ` Stefan Monnier
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 2011-07-14 14:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juanma Barranquero; +Cc: 7118
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:
> But IMHO, neither changing `revert-buffer-function' nor
> `dired-subdir-alist' and `dired-directory' is really a bug fix. Yes,
> as they are now is error prone, but the uses in the sources are
> already correct. That should be a wishlist item for 24.2.
Yeah, that's true.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/
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* bug#7118: 24.0.50; dired-subdir-alist, dired-directory, etc.: necessarily buffer-local
2011-07-14 14:49 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 2011-07-17 2:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-02 21:11 ` Drew Adams
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2011-07-17 2:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: Juanma Barranquero, 7118
>> But IMHO, neither changing `revert-buffer-function' nor
>> `dired-subdir-alist' and `dired-directory' is really a bug fix. Yes,
>> as they are now is error prone, but the uses in the sources are
>> already correct. That should be a wishlist item for 24.2.
Indeed. Also always be extra careful that none of the `setq'
(resulting from removal of make-local-variable) can run before the
make-variable-buffer-local. This is usually trivially the case, but
problems can appear if the setq is within an autoloaded expression or
when several files are involved.
Stefan
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* bug#7118: 24.0.50; dired-subdir-alist, dired-directory, etc.: necessarily buffer-local
2010-09-27 18:47 bug#7118: 24.0.50; dired-subdir-alist, dired-directory, etc.: necessarily buffer-local Drew Adams
2010-09-27 21:05 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2010-09-27 23:35 ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-02-07 0:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2010-09-27 23:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: 7118
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 20:47, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> We should use `make-variable-buffer-local' with vars such as
> `dired-subdir-alist' and `dired-directory', instead of just calling
> `make-local-variable'. Why? Because these vars MUST be buffer local,
> and we might as well make the code clearer by pointing that out. That
> is precisely the use case for `make-variable-buffer-local': a var that
> is necessarily buffer-local.
On the same vein, every single use of revert-buffer-function starts with
(make-local-variable 'revert-buffer-function)
(setq revert-buffer-function XXXXX)
or
(set (make-local-variable 'revert-buffer-function) XXXXXX)
except the one in dired-x.el, which relies in dired-mode doing it
before. There have been at least three bugs in the past year caused by
revert-buffer-function not being automatically buffer-local.
Juanma
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* bug#7118: 24.0.50; dired-subdir-alist, dired-directory, etc.: necessarily buffer-local
2010-09-27 18:47 bug#7118: 24.0.50; dired-subdir-alist, dired-directory, etc.: necessarily buffer-local Drew Adams
2010-09-27 21:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-09-27 23:35 ` Juanma Barranquero
@ 2022-02-07 0:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2022-02-07 0:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: 7118
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> We should use `make-variable-buffer-local' with vars such as
> `dired-subdir-alist' and `dired-directory', instead of just calling
> `make-local-variable'.
I've now fixed this in Emacs 29.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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