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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Unbalanced change hooks (part 2) [Documentation fix still remaining]
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:03:04 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <831t1wharr.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvpopgn09i.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.devel@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:56:59 -0400)

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:56:59 -0400
> 
> > AFAICT, this is what happens, indeed,
> 
> Then the old text was right: it's called before ANY modification.

Convince Alan, and I will change it back.

> > except that the call to before-change-functions in some cases does not
> > precede the first modification of the series.  IOW, by the time the
> > hook is called, some modifications were already done.
> 
> Sounds like a bug.

I'm not convinced it's a bug.

> In any case, my point is that the doc should still say "before any
> modification" because that's really what the code *should* do.  We could
> add a blurb in the doc saying that the before and after hooks may not be
> properly paired (neither in number of calls nor in the specific value of
> BEG/END), but we should still claim that they're both called for any and
> all modifications

Which is inaccurate when modifications are done in several separate
parts, and you already agreed it's okay to call the hooks only once.
So "for any and all modifications" is bound to draw fire from people
who take that at face value.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-08-10 16:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 189+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-31 12:16 Unbalanced change hooks (part 2) Alan Mackenzie
2016-07-31 13:58 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-07-31 15:21   ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-07-31 15:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-31 17:28   ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-07-31 18:11     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-31 18:52       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-31 19:08         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-31 19:20       ` Noam Postavsky
2016-07-31 21:26       ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-01 13:01         ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-01 13:07         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-01 16:53           ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-01 17:15             ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-01 19:39               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-01 20:52                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 14:44                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 16:09                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 16:42                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 17:24                       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-07 14:49                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-07 15:09                           ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-07 21:48                             ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-08  0:55                               ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-02 14:46                   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-01 19:37             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 14:39             ` Stefan Monnier
2016-07-31 18:55     ` Stefan Monnier
2016-07-31 19:26       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-31 21:59         ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-01 13:09           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-01 14:36             ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-01 14:48               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-01 15:28                 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-07-31 19:33       ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-07-31 19:21     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-09 15:01   ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-09 15:14     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-19 14:51   ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30  1:15     ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 14:34       ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 15:11         ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-31 11:00           ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-31 12:24             ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-01  6:49               ` Phillip Lord
2016-09-01 13:36                 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-01  6:40           ` Phillip Lord
2016-09-01 13:33             ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-02 11:34               ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 16:08         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-01 16:38 ` Richard Stallman
2016-08-02 10:15   ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 10:37     ` Richard Copley
2016-08-02 16:11       ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 14:57     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 16:55       ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 17:17         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 18:30           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 19:38             ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-03  2:36               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-08 14:36             ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-08 15:42               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-08 16:54                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-08 17:17                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-08 18:42                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-08 19:04                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-08 19:54                         ` Unbalanced change hooks (part 2) [PATCH] Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-09 15:08                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-09 16:38                             ` Unbalanced change hooks (part 2) [Documentation fix still remaining] Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-09 16:42                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-09 18:13                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-09 18:35                                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-09 17:14                               ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-09 18:19                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-09 19:09                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-10 14:21                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-10 14:56                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-10 15:16                                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-10 15:44                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-10 16:03                                         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-08-10 16:11                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-18 14:26                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-18 16:56                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-19  8:45                                               ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-19  9:12                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-19  9:21                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-19  9:39                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-19  9:19                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-10 16:18                                           ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-10 16:54                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-10 17:49                                               ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-10 18:10                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-10 18:57                                               ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-10 19:08                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-10 19:50                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-11 11:29                                                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-11 16:43                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-28 11:23                                                       ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-28 15:01                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-28 22:16                                                           ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-28 22:44                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-28 23:11                                                               ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29  0:09                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-29  3:18                                                                   ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 13:00                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-29 14:51                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 15:50                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-29 16:22                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 15:14                                                                       ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 15:44                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 14:07                                                                           ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 15:51                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 16:22                                                                               ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 16:46                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 14:50                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 15:30                                                                       ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 16:20                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 16:26                                                                           ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 17:01                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 17:48                                                                               ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 18:04                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 18:16                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30  2:27                                                                                     ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30  2:44                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30  0:25                                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30  2:26                                                                                     ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30  2:38                                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30  2:54                                                                                       ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 14:20                                                                                         ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 15:08                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 12:56                                                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 14:12                                                                       ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 16:06                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-31 11:20                                                                           ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-31 14:57                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 17:12                                                                       ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 17:27                                                                         ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 17:42                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 17:46                                                                             ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 18:00                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:04                                                                                 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 18:46                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:58                                                                                     ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 19:17                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 21:46                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-31  2:38                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:27                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-01 13:46                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:01                                                                               ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 18:06                                                                                 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 18:17                                                                                   ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 18:30                                                                                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 18:32                                                                                       ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 18:47                                                                                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 18:55                                                                                           ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 19:14                                                                                             ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 20:34                                                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 20:53                                                                                                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 21:37                                                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 18:36                                                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 18:22                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 18:00                                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 17:27                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 17:42                                                                           ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 17:53                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:16                                                                               ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 18:51                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 19:00                                                                                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 18:14                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-01 21:25                                                                       ` Davis Herring
2016-09-02  7:26                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-28 22:36                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 13:30                                                         ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 13:39                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-31 11:04                                                             ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 15:47                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 16:01                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 16:58                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 17:57                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-31 11:17                                                                   ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-31 11:12                                                                 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 16:23                                                             ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 16:53                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 19:00           ` Unbalanced change hooks (part 2) Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 19:25             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-07 21:16               ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-08 15:38                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-08 19:56                 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-08 20:16                   ` Alan Mackenzie

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