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#16752: 24.3.50; pp-to-string deactivates mark Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:39:31 +0200 Message-ID: <837g8xdito.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83eh36c8bh.fsf@gnu.org> <83a9duc5b2.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392378033 11407 80.91.229.3 (14 Feb 2014 11:40:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:40:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16752@debbugs.gnu.org To: Helmut Eller Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 14 12:40:40 2014 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 1WEH8J-00076y-TJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:40:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51223 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEH8J-0005DR-H8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:40:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50207) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEH7w-00050A-JL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:40:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEH7m-0004G0-94 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:40:16 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50599) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEH7m-0004Fv-5J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:40:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WEH7l-000624-6F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:40:05 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:40:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16752 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16752-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16752.139237798523126 (code B ref 16752); Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:40:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16752) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Feb 2014 11:39:45 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51778 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WEH7Q-00060v-Ku for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:39:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout24.012.net.il ([80.179.55.180]:33840) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WEH7N-00060U-Me for 16752@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:39:42 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout24.012.net.il by mtaout24.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N0Z00F00HERCV00@mtaout24.012.net.il> for 16752@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:38:33 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout24.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N0Z00EQ3HO8YE10@mtaout24.012.net.il>; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:38:33 +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: 140.186.70.43 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:85563 Archived-At: > From: Helmut Eller > Cc: 16752@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:23:02 +0100 > > On Fri, Feb 14 2014, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > >> From: Helmut Eller > >> Cc: 16752@debbugs.gnu.org > >> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:02:33 +0100 > >> > >> >> (list deactivate-mark > >> >> (pp-to-string '1) > >> >> deactivate-mark) > >> >> > >> >> returns (nil "1" t). Deactivating the mark is a surprising and > >> >> unnecessary side effect. > >> > > >> > _Any_ change to _any_ buffer will set deactivate-mark, which is a > >> > global variable. > >> > >> What has that do to with pp-to-string? I didn't ask for _any_ change to > >> _any_ buffer. > > > > See pp-buffer, which is called by pp-string. You asked for pp-string, > > which does its job using a temporary buffer. > > So you're saying that it's not a bug that pp-to-string modifies > deactivate-mark? No, of course not. I just described how this happens and why. The fix should be almost trivial, I think.