From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>
Cc: rswgnu@gmail.com, emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [elpa] externals/hyperbole c501027 2/2: Fix set-buffer byte-compiler warnings; remove outdated references
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 21:25:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvsg2uqds7.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+OMD9hR+cf6wP_CUanPrB3ZaZfP8V5=2QV+W7J=jheQLTpuwQ@mail.gmail.com> (Robert Weiner's message of "Mon, 10 May 2021 20:18:11 -0400")
> Eli and I exchanged messages about this on the emacs-devel list and settled
> on the outer save-excursion as you first wrote below since it is indeed the
> original buffer whose point we want to save which may be manipulated by
> some subroutine deep within the with-current-buffer that changes the buffer
> back to the original. Thanks as always for the pointers though. -- Bob
That seems to point at a very unusual arrangement which you might want
(in the longer term) to reconsider, e.g. by moving the `save-excursion`
to the "deep within" place that actually moves the point in the "outer
buffer".
In the mean time, adding a comment explaining what's going on
(e.g. giving an example scenario where point would be moved unexpectedly
in the outer buffer)would go a long way.
Similarly for the
(save-excursion
(with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect (expand-file-name hbmap:filename hbmap:dir-user))
(save-excursion
in `gbut:ebut-program` because without an explanatory comment, this looks
like the kind of code you get when the author just "added
`save-excursion`s a bit at random until point stopped moving" ;-)
Stefan
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2021-05-10 13:59 ` [elpa] externals/hyperbole c501027 2/2: Fix set-buffer byte-compiler warnings; remove outdated references Stefan Monnier
2021-05-11 0:18 ` Robert Weiner
2021-05-11 1:25 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-05-11 15:15 ` Jean Louis
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