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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: FIXME: When the reader is called in the minibuffer.
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:50:32 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvsgrrmbis.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87v9wn8xxq.fsf_-_@spensertruex.com

> I was fiddling with the reader when I found this:
>
>     /* FIXME: ?! When is this used !?  */
>         return call1 (intern ("read-minibuffer"),
>     		  build_string ("Lisp expression: "));
>
> This code is called when the reader is called from the minibuffer
> *without a stream*, like this:

Yes, that's the part I could figure out, indeed.
But that still leaves open the question of whether this is ever used.
IOW, what would break if we were to remove this case?

> M-:
> Eval: (read) RET
> Lisp expression: ;; Insert elisp code here

When was the last time you did that? 
And why did you do it this way rather than via (read-minibuffer "Foo: ")?


        Stefan




      reply	other threads:[~2019-06-30 13:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-12 18:24 Licensing for source code contained in Emacs manuals Daniel Pittman
2018-11-12 20:01 ` Paul Eggert
2018-11-12 21:35   ` Daniel Pittman
2018-11-13 18:31     ` Glenn Morris
2018-11-14 23:13       ` Richard Stallman
2018-11-19 14:18         ` Daniel Pittman
2018-11-20  0:49           ` Richard Stallman
2018-12-24  2:26 ` Richard Stallman
2019-01-07 21:06   ` Daniel Pittman
2019-01-08  1:06     ` Paul Eggert
2019-01-08 18:57     ` Richard Stallman
2019-06-30  5:05     ` FIXME: When the reader is called in the minibuffer Spenser Truex
2019-06-30 13:50       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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