From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer'
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:56:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <B67EB5F73F8B4A1A9A4849CD965F8DDC@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv4o74s2dh.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>
> > People will not naturally use `save-excursion' nowadays just to save
> > the current buffer.
>
> Maybe not naturally, no. But thanks to the pressure of years of old
> code flying around the web, they will do it nowadays on
> a regular basis. But indeed, thanks to threads like this one
> and to the warning I added, I hope I can reverse the trend.
The warning has already mistaught some (e.g. Uday) that `save-excursion' is just
downright evil. The warning leaves users either unnecessarily frightened or
unnecessarily confused, or both. That was not your intention, I'm sure, but it
is the effect.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-15 18:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.0.1299085819.4487.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-02 20:54 ` `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer' Uday Reddy
2011-03-05 4:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-10 19:57 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-03-11 1:07 ` Leo
2011-03-11 1:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-11 8:52 ` Andreas Röhler
[not found] ` <mailman.25.1299833256.26376.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-11 9:54 ` David Kastrup
2011-03-11 11:09 ` Andreas Röhler
[not found] ` <mailman.10.1299841456.13496.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-11 11:38 ` David Kastrup
2011-03-11 15:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-12 8:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-03-12 19:00 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-03-12 19:56 ` Drew Adams
2011-03-12 20:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-03-12 22:20 ` Drew Adams
2011-03-14 18:59 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-03-14 21:17 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.6.1299959800.9013.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-13 3:00 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-13 18:22 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.0.1300040583.10860.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-14 1:04 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-14 8:43 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.4.1299956141.9013.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-12 22:29 ` Tim X
2011-03-13 7:15 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-03-13 18:23 ` Drew Adams
2011-03-13 12:46 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-03-14 8:47 ` Drew Adams
2011-03-14 14:18 ` Andreas Röhler
[not found] ` <mailman.7.1300092490.2602.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-14 12:22 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-14 14:20 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-03-14 17:36 ` Drew Adams
2011-03-14 23:20 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-03-15 3:55 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.14.1300124226.2531.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-15 14:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-15 15:59 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.2.1300204800.1264.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-15 17:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-15 18:55 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.5.1300111985.27831.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-14 14:54 ` Uday Reddy
[not found] ` <mailman.5.1300000253.31664.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-13 14:16 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-13 18:25 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.2.1300040743.10860.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-13 20:48 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-14 0:31 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.4.1300066631.25374.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-14 14:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-13 2:11 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-13 18:26 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.5.1299920357.7270.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-12 9:34 ` David Kastrup
2011-03-12 10:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.10.1299924724.7270.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-12 10:42 ` David Kastrup
2011-03-12 12:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-03-12 15:17 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-12 15:25 ` David Kastrup
2011-03-13 2:40 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-14 14:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-14 17:26 ` Andreas Röhler
[not found] ` <mailman.11.1300123292.2531.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-15 14:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-15 14:47 ` David Kastrup
2011-03-15 15:19 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-03-15 16:00 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.6.1300202904.14512.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-15 17:42 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.3.1300204850.1264.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-15 17:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-15 18:56 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2011-03-15 21:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-15 19:02 ` Jason Earl
2011-03-15 20:55 ` Drew Adams
2011-03-16 4:31 ` rusi
2011-03-16 8:11 ` David Kastrup
2011-03-17 3:46 ` rusi
2011-03-17 7:10 ` rusi
2011-03-17 8:29 ` Antoine Levitt
[not found] ` <mailman.1.1300215374.6982.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-16 12:05 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-03-12 22:18 ` Tim X
2011-03-11 23:06 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-10 22:40 ` David Kastrup
2011-03-11 2:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-04-01 3:20 ` rusi
2011-04-01 12:39 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-02 17:12 Andreas Röhler
2011-03-03 4:58 ` Le Wang
[not found] ` <mailman.7.1299128292.20537.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-13 15:05 ` Uday Reddy
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