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* Bug in buffer-local-value
@ 2005-05-27  3:13 Luc Teirlinck
  2005-05-28 11:53 ` Richard Stallman
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Luc Teirlinck @ 2005-05-27  3:13 UTC (permalink / raw)


There is a bug in buffer-local-value, when used in connection with
defvaralias.  I believe that the ielm run below is self-explanatory.
The bug affects `C-h v" in a very confusing way.  I am insufficiently
familiar with the involved C code to fix this myself.

*** Welcome to IELM ***  Type (describe-mode) for help.
ELISP> (defvar aa 1)
aa
ELISP> (make-variable-buffer-local 'aa)
aa
ELISP> (defvaralias 'bb 'aa)
aa
ELISP> (setq bb 2)
2
ELISP> bb
2
ELISP> aa
2
ELISP> (buffer-local-value 'bb (current-buffer))
1      ;; Bug: should be 2
ELISP> (buffer-local-value 'aa (current-buffer))
2
ELISP> (local-variable-p 'bb)
t

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* Re: Bug in buffer-local-value
  2005-05-27  3:13 Bug in buffer-local-value Luc Teirlinck
@ 2005-05-28 11:53 ` Richard Stallman
  2005-05-28 18:18   ` Luc Teirlinck
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Richard Stallman @ 2005-05-28 11:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  Cc: emacs-devel

Does this fix it?

*** buffer.c	27 May 2005 10:21:40 -0400	1.480
--- buffer.c	28 May 2005 05:48:28 -0400	
***************
*** 889,894 ****
--- 889,897 ----
    CHECK_BUFFER (buffer);
    buf = XBUFFER (buffer);
  
+   if (SYMBOLP (variable))
+     variable = indirect_variable (variable);
+ 
    /* Look in local_var_list */
    result = Fassoc (variable, buf->local_var_alist);
    if (NILP (result))

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* Re: Bug in buffer-local-value
  2005-05-28 11:53 ` Richard Stallman
@ 2005-05-28 18:18   ` Luc Teirlinck
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Luc Teirlinck @ 2005-05-28 18:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  Cc: emacs-devel

Richard Stallman wrote:

   Does this fix it?

Yes, it does.

Sincerely,

Luc.

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