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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:19:25 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83twe2mdpu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv4m62xnti.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.devel@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:46:36 -0400)

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:46:36 -0400
> 
> >  -- Function: ask-user-about-supersession-threat filename
> >      This function is used to ask a user how to proceed after an attempt
> >      to modify an buffer visiting file FILENAME when the file is newer
> >      than the buffer text.  Emacs detects this because the modification
> >      time of the file on disk is newer than the last save-time of the
> >      buffer.  This means some other program has probably altered the
> >      file.
> 
> > Some of that will no longer be accurate once we install your changes.
> 
> Hmm... actually, this documentation is still valid, because it specifies
> when the function is called (which is not changed by my patch) rather
> than what the function does.

We are splitting hair.

The problematic place (for me) is the "modification time of the file
on disk is newer", which implies that this is the only test for the
detection of supersession-threat.



  reply	other threads:[~2016-08-30 16:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-29  0:29 Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed Stefan Monnier
2016-08-29  3:36 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-29  3:39   ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29  3:43     ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-29  6:44       ` Michael Albinus
2016-08-29 14:42         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 16:18           ` Michael Albinus
2016-08-29 17:42         ` Davis Herring
2016-08-29 17:57           ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-29 19:10             ` Davis Herring
2016-08-29 13:17   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30  9:20     ` Michael Albinus
2016-08-30 15:00       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 13:40     ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-30 15:01       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 15:23         ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-30 15:48           ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 16:55             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 16:11           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 16:38             ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-29 14:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 14:50   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 15:26     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 15:44       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 16:15         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 17:13           ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 17:26             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:02               ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 15:46       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 16:19         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-08-30 17:16           ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 17:32             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:06               ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-01 13:49                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-02 15:22                   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-02 15:26                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-02 15:44                       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-02 15:39                     ` Joost Kremers
2016-08-29 16:01   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-29 16:26     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30  0:35       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-29 17:50   ` Davis Herring
2016-08-29 18:09     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 19:22       ` Davis Herring
2016-08-30  0:39       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30  7:55         ` Andreas Schwab
2016-08-30  0:37     ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30  1:23   ` Rolf Ade
2016-08-30 15:12     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 15:34       ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-30 16:14         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-06 16:29 ` John Wiegley
2016-09-06 17:50   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-06 17:52     ` John Wiegley
2016-09-06 19:00       ` Andreas Röhler
2016-09-06 21:00         ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-06 21:29           ` Drew Adams
2016-09-06 21:41     ` Karl Fogel
2016-09-06 21:59       ` Paul Eggert
2016-09-06 22:01         ` Karl Fogel
2016-09-06 22:07           ` Davis Herring
2016-09-06 22:21             ` Karl Fogel
2016-09-06 22:46               ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-09-07  0:24               ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-07 16:49                 ` Karl Fogel
2016-09-07 18:41                   ` Andreas Röhler
2016-09-07 20:02                     ` Karl Fogel
2016-09-06 22:03         ` Karl Fogel
2016-12-24  1:03 ` Rolf Ade
2016-12-25 15:44   ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-26  0:29     ` Rolf Ade

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