From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is with-temp-buffer really temporary?
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:58:43 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvr1iwq0qk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: courier.000000006086FD96.00003814@stw1.rcdrun.com
> 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.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-26 19:58 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 [this message]
2021-04-26 20:53 ` Jean Louis
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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