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From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is with-temp-buffer really temporary?
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 23:53:33 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YIcoTU48m9NCef54@protected.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvr1iwq0qk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

* Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> [2021-04-26 22:59]:
> > I wish to use Emacs to accept file online and file should enter memory
> > and memory should be deleted thereafter.
> > Thus, if I use with-temp-buffer function, how sure is it that anything
> > that as in temporary buffer is not any more in the memory of computer?
> 
> Emacs Lisp does not "scrape" the memory that it stops using.
> IIRC the only kind of scraping offered is what you get with
> `clear-string` and AFAIK we have nothing equivalent for buffer text.

Also good to know.

And if Emacs exits, finishes the process, is memory then scraped?


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Jean

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-26 20:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-26 17:51 Is with-temp-buffer really temporary? Jean Louis
2021-04-26 19:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-26 20:53   ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-04-26 22:42     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-27  7:11       ` tomas
2021-04-27 16:49         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-27 17:39           ` Jean Louis

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