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24.2.90; [REGRESSION] dired-get-marked-files changed

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Message #52 received at 13152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, 13152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13152: 24.2.90; [REGRESSION] dired-get-marked-files changed
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:46:41 +0800

On 2012-12-14 18:26 +0800, martin rudalics wrote:
> I suppose we can safely do
>
> 	   #'(lambda (window _value)
> 	       (unwind-protect
> 		   (apply function args)
> 		 (with-selected-window window
> 		   (when (window-live-p window)
> 		     (quit-restore-window window 'kill)))))
>
> instead if people think it's better.  But FUNCTION "should not
> manipulate files, just read input \(an argument or confirmation)." so I
> don't see why this matters.
>
> martin

Hello Martin,

Could you restore the behaviour to previous releases i.e. throw an
error?

The return value '(nil) doesn't make any sense and a corner case to trap
future users.

Leo

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