From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21828: 24.4; copy-abbrev-table fails Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2015 20:11:49 +0200 Message-ID: <831tc1ptlm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83wptuoxft.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446920009 6820 80.91.229.3 (7 Nov 2015 18:13:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 18:13:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 21828@debbugs.gnu.org, lboc.home@gmail.com To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 07 19:13:12 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Zv7zD-0004o5-E1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2015 19:13:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44846 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zv7zC-0005gM-RJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2015 13:13:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48053) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zv7z9-0005gG-AY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2015 13:13:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zv7z4-0001cY-Ae for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2015 13:13:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:38138) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zv7z4-0001cS-7X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2015 13:13:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zv7z3-0001h1-Qa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2015 13:13:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2015 18:13:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21828 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: confirmed Original-Received: via spool by 21828-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21828.14469199366442 (code B ref 21828); Sat, 07 Nov 2015 18:13:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21828) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Nov 2015 18:12:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57079 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zv7yJ-0001fq-Og for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2015 13:12:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout24.012.net.il ([80.179.55.180]:44788) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zv7y0-0001f7-5f for 21828@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2015 13:12:15 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout24.012.net.il by mtaout24.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NXG00C00HXXZH00@mtaout24.012.net.il> for 21828@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2015 20:05:09 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by mtaout24.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NXG005W8I8LB070@mtaout24.012.net.il>; Sat, 07 Nov 2015 20:05:09 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:108546 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 18:03:52 +0000 > From: Artur Malabarba > Cc: Lee B , 21828@debbugs.gnu.org > > > (This bug was there ever since we rewrote abbrev.c in Lisp 8 years > > ago.) > > Oh, the beauty of writing tests. > Is that a sign that this function isn't really used at all and might > as well be marked as obsolete? :-D It is not used in Emacs. But the OP evidently needed it, so making it obsolete is premature, I think. Btw, the bug was in define-abbrev, not in copy-abbrev-table. The former is even more fundamental for abbrevs, and certainly cannot be obsoleted.