Re: Edebug corrupting point in buffers.

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> Why does set-window-configuration overwrite the buffer-points?  The
> window configuration does not contain them.  The code just assumes that
> the buffer-point should be set to the window point.  Of course, we have
> a race condition if a buffer is displayed in several windows.  So this
> would appear to be a bug, the root cause of the bug in this thread.

This suggests the patch below, right?
I note that this only changes the buffer-point for `current-buffer`, not
for all the buffers displayed in the window-config, right?
There's still a "race condition", of course.

> Maybe set-window-configuration should be amended not to write the
> buffer-points?  That might cause problems in other areas, though.  The
> window configuration is one of the few areas where the documentation is
> poor enough that you need to read the C source to find out what it's
> really doing.

Yup.  We could start by providing some way to tell
`set-window-configuration` not to change buffer-points (and use that in
Edebug)?  This way we fix the problem for Edebug without risking
changes elsewhere?

We can try and run out own Emacs with the patch installed, to see if we
notice any regression.  If we do, that might help us understand what we
should do.  If we don't, maybe it's hint that it was really just a bug.


        Stefan


diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index b858d145415..382d3cbdc6a 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -7270,12 +7270,6 @@ DEFUN ("set-window-configuration", Fset_window_configuration,
 	      set_marker_restricted (w->start, p->start, w->contents);
 	      set_marker_restricted (w->pointm, p->pointm, w->contents);
 	      set_marker_restricted (w->old_pointm, p->old_pointm, w->contents);
-	      /* As documented in Fcurrent_window_configuration, don't
-		 restore the location of point in the buffer which was
-		 current when the window configuration was recorded.  */
-	      if (!EQ (p->buffer, new_current_buffer)
-		  && XBUFFER (p->buffer) == current_buffer)
-		Fgoto_char (w->pointm);
 	    }
 	  else if (BUFFERP (w->contents) && BUFFER_LIVE_P (XBUFFER (w->contents)))
 	    /* Keep window's old buffer; make sure the markers are real.  */