From: Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 38575@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38575: 27.0.50; Document that `diff' arguments OLD and NEW can be buffers
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:15:37 +1300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e5d0977c-3b52-89a2-f8ea-3fb434ba9eb7@orcon.net.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <835zilaogo.fsf@gnu.org>
On 12/12/19 10:21 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> I suggest the following additional paragraph:
>>
>> Non-interactively, OLD and NEW may each be buffers, in which
>> case a temporary file will be used.
>
> Why is it important to mention the fact that we use temporary files
> in this case? It sounds like an implementation detail.
It is, but I think it's a helpful detail to include, to eliminate
potential confusion regarding how a buffer can be a valid input, when
the rest of the description is about files.
The user might otherwise wonder whether Emacs is actually using the
external diff program in this case (vs using some internal functions
to process the buffer text directly to produce a diff).
I'm ok with omitting it if you're not convinced.
-Phil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-12-12 10:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-12-12 6:46 bug#38575: 27.0.50; Document that `diff' arguments OLD and NEW can be buffers Phil Sainty
2019-12-12 7:44 ` Phil Sainty
2019-12-12 9:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-12 9:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-12 10:15 ` Phil Sainty [this message]
2019-12-12 11:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-14 8:22 ` Phil Sainty
2019-12-14 9:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-21 15:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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