Subject: Re: bug#10169: a simple interrupt evokes abort?! (but only with (require 'saveplace))

From: Dan Nicolaescu <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:04:15 -0500

Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]> writes:

> Glenn Morris <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> Glenn Morris wrote:
>>
>>> Now interrupts are silently ignored:
>>>
>>> bash> ./emacs -Q
>>> ctrl-C    # in the shell
>>>
>>> just prints ^C.
>>
>> Correction, not silently ignored: Emacs prints "Quit" but is otherwise
>> unaffected.
>
> IMHO this is the correct behaviour for an interactive programm.

Why do you think that and what other widely use programs can you name
that have the same behavior?

Why do you think that pretest is the right time to do such a change to a
long available behavior, and why is it OK to do it with zero discussion?