GNU bug report logs - #1229
generate-new-buffer-name could be more efficient

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:10:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 23.0.60

Fixed in version 24.2

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: quiet <quiet <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: generate-new-buffer-name could be more efficient
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:58:49 -0400

Package: emacs
Severity: wishlist
Version: 23.0.60

As mentioned in bug#122, generate-new-buffer-name could be more
efficient for invisible buffers:

http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=122#182

    Oh, yes, of course. When generate-new-buffer-name is called for a
    user-visible buffer, fixing this would be probably too much
    trouble for too little benefit. But for internal buffers, whose
    precise name doesn't actually matter, we should use a different
    strategy, where we immediately start by adding a random suffix to
    the buffer name, so as to avoid conflicts.
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