There are exactly the same length In 2 tests it happened 2 times. So probably is reproducible. On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > after-change-functions is a variable defined in `C source code'. > > Its value is (jit-lock-after-change jedi:after-change-handler t) > > Local in buffer test_unframed.py; global value is nil > > Hmm... could it be that jedi:after-change-handler does something funny? > Tho it seems rather unlikely: when it gets run, the revert has > already happened! > > > I have captured a corrupt buffer. This time, emacs said 'file has > changed, > > reload?'. Again it is corrupted. > > The 1st diff is that in the corrupted file, the beginning of the file is > > inserted into the middle of the buffer > > Normally revert compares the buffer's content and the file's content > (from both ends) to find the common "prefix" and "suffix" and only > performs the update on the characters in-between. IOW the beginning of > the buffer/file is not touched and the end is not touched either. > > So rather than "the beginning of the file is inserted into the middle of > the buffer" it sounds like the "characters in-between" end up being > inserted at the beginning of the buffer. > > Was the region active when the revert happened? > > Is the total size of the corrupted file correct? (i.e. the update was > just not inserted at the right place) > > What can you say about the "splice points" (i.e. those positions in the > file where the corruption happens: IIUC there's one at the very > beginning, but where are the others (e.g. where is the "real > beginning", in the corrupted file))? > > How frequently does it happen? (i.e. would you be able to notice if it > doesn't happen any more, after we disable some feature) > > > Stefan > > > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Stefan Monnier < > monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> > > wrote: > > >> > I have seen (again this morning) I wind up with a corrupted buffer. > >> > It appears a segment of the data is correct, but data has been > >> > reordered. I'm looking at a python source file. For example, in the > >> > middle of the buffer, it looks like the beginning of the file is > >> > inserted (sorry I no longer have this buffer and can't be precise). > >> > >> Next time it happens, could you save the corrupted buffer to some temp > >> file, and then compare that with the actual file's content, to get > >> a more precise description of the corruption? > >> > >> You say it's a Python file. What modes/packages do you use to edit > >> those files? What does `M-: after-change-functions' and `M-: > >> before-change-functions' say in those buffers? > >> > >> > >> Stefan > >> > > > > > -- > > *Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it* > -- *Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it*