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Subject: Re: How about making `set-minibuffer-window' obsolete?
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> Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:36:39 +0100
> 
>  >> The current semantics of `set-minibuffer-window' is of no practical use.
>  >
>  > Why not? how is it different from the C code doing the same?
> 
> The C code has to do it in a very controlled way, just like setting
> selected_window or selected_frame.

Then let's document that this function should only be used with care,
and move on.