From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: buffer-local-value confusion
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:34:46 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h9zfvwtl.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 84bnpnm366.fsf@tm6592.fritz.box
Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> writes:
> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> (defvar nngnorb-attachment-file-list nil)
>> (make-variable-buffer-local 'nngnorb-attachment-file-list)
>>
>> I'm first setting a value for it in the buffer referred to by
>> nnir-tmp-buffer, then trying to copy that buffer-local value to a
>> different buffer. Here's what I'm seeing, which confuses me:
>>
>> (with-current-buffer (get-buffer nnir-tmp-buffer)
>> nngnorb-attachment-file-list) --> proper, populated value
>>
>> (buffer-local-value
>> nngnorb-attachment-file-list
>> (get-buffer nnir-tmp-buffer)) --> nil
>
> Missing quote? E.g.
>
> (buffer-local-value
> 'nngnorb-attachment-file-list
> (get-buffer nnir-tmp-buffer))
Dangit, that was it! That's the first time I've run into a
quoted/not-quoted mistake that didn't result in an error, so that didn't
even occur to me.
Thanks!
Eric
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2014-10-08 7:27 ` buffer-local-value confusion Marco Wahl
2014-10-08 7:34 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2014-10-08 6:13 Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-08 7:29 ` Thorsten Jolitz
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