From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: region-active-p Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:08 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200710191149.59775.andreas.roehler@online.de> <200712111252.26116.andreas.roehler@online.de> <200712111805.25511.andreas.roehler@online.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197396997 13763 80.91.229.12 (11 Dec 2007 18:16:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:16:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Richard Stallman , Reiner Steib , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Juri Linkov , Stephen Turnbull , Miles Bader To: Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=F6hler?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 11 19:16:47 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J29ev-0006rs-NI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:16:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J29ed-0007LH-TK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J29ea-0007Ky-50 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:24 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J29eY-0007KR-Pq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J29eY-0007KM-J7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J29eQ-0007EI-FK; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:14 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 948DB2CF732; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:13 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A213A3FE0; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:08 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 8D0DA6CAA3; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:08 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <200712111805.25511.andreas.roehler@online.de> ("Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=F6hler=22's?= message of "Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:05:24 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:85053 Archived-At: >> > But why introduce new diffs? If there is a need I will >> > change my mind. >> >> Diferences of behavior are perfectly fine. The differences we do not >> want are differences which break elisp code (i.e. packages). I see no >> indication that this kind of difference will ever break elisp code. > A bug then may occur at XEmacs-side if someone codes > the need for an exclusive `mark-active'/region-exists-p > with `region-active-p useroption'. XEmacs will not know > about that option, only reads `region-active-p' and > decision may be wrong. > XEmacs will always check for an extend if > `region-active-p' is written and maybe return `nil' in > cases, where it's not TRT. You talk about the user-level behavior. Reread what I wrote. Stefan