Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> Joseph Turner <joseph@ushin.org> writes:
>
>> Previously, persist-reset set the value of SYM to its default without
>> copying it, which caused subsequent modifications to the value of SYM
>> to erroneously modify the default value.
>
> LGTM, and seeing as you are the maintainer and there is nothing funny
> going on I'll apply the patches to elpa.git.

Thanks!  Would you please apply the second patchset with the improved
tests?  I have rebased and created new patches, attached.

>> Thanks to Adam Porter for helping resolve this issue!
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>> From 39b1a0a1d1ae25130a270a115ae8241af4ed6d75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Joseph Turner <joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in>
>> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:45:32 -0700
>> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Copy default when resetting with persist-reset
>>
>> Previously, persist-reset set the value of SYM to its default without
>> copying it, which caused subsequent modifications to the value of SYM
>> to erroneously modify the default value.
>>
>> Co-authored-by: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
>> ---
>>  persist.el | 14 +++++++++-----
>>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/persist.el b/persist.el
>> index 6cc94b4db3..df7f3836c5 100644
>> --- a/persist.el
>> +++ b/persist.el
>> @@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ (defun persist-symbol (symbol &optional initvalue)
>>    (let ((initvalue (or initvalue (symbol-value symbol))))
>>      (add-to-list 'persist--symbols symbol)
>>      (put symbol 'persist t)
>> -    (if (hash-table-p initvalue)
>> -        (put symbol 'persist-default (copy-hash-table initvalue))
>> -      (put symbol 'persist-default (persist-copy-tree initvalue t)))))
>> +    (put symbol 'persist-default (persist-copy initvalue))))
>>  
>>  (defun persist--persistant-p (symbol)
>>    "Return non-nil if SYMBOL is a persistent variable."
>> @@ -164,8 +162,8 @@ (defun persist-default (symbol)
>>    (get symbol 'persist-default))
>>  
>>  (defun persist-reset (symbol)
>> -  "Reset the value of SYMBOL to the default."
>> -  (set symbol (persist-default symbol)))
>> +  "Set the value of SYMBOL to a copy of the default."
>> +  (set symbol (persist-copy (persist-default symbol))))
>>  
>>  (defun persist-load (symbol)
>>    "Load the saved value of SYMBOL."
>> @@ -241,5 +239,11 @@ (defun persist-copy-tree (tree &optional vectors-and-records)
>>  	  tree)
>>        tree)))
>>  
>> +(defun persist-copy (obj)
>> +  "Return copy of OBJ."
>> +  (if (hash-table-p obj)
>> +      (copy-hash-table obj)
>> +    (persist-copy-tree obj t)))
>> +
>>  (provide 'persist)
>>  ;;; persist.el ends here
>> -- 
>> 2.41.0
>>
>>
>> From 9423ecd164e5eb94bb91fbacfa2e3c821bdb2972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Joseph Turner <joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in>
>> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:45:36 -0700
>> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Test persist-reset
>>
>> ---
>>  test/persist-tests.el | 10 ++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/test/persist-tests.el b/test/persist-tests.el
>> index 62d8501493..d571325fae 100644
>> --- a/test/persist-tests.el
>> +++ b/test/persist-tests.el
>> @@ -134,3 +134,13 @@ (ert-deftest test-persist-location ()
>>          (should-error
>>           (persist-save 'fred)))
>>      (delete-directory "./persist-defined-location" t)))
>> +
>> +(ert-deftest test-persist-reset ()
>> +  "Symbol should be reset to a copy of the default."
>> +  (with-local-temp-persist
>> +   (persist-defvar persist--test-reset-variable (make-hash-table) "docstring")
>> +   (should-not (eq persist--test-reset-variable
>> +                   (persist-default 'persist--test-reset-variable)))
>> +   (persist-reset 'persist--test-reset-variable)
>> +   (should-not (eq persist--test-reset-variable
>> +                   (persist-default 'persist--test-reset-variable)))))