GNU bug report logs - #1321
process-lines

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 21:30:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Peder O. Klingenberg" <peder <at> klingenberg.no>
Cc: 1321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#1321: process-lines
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:43:57 -0400

> Just adding an optional argument to process-lines is difficult without
> breaking the API, due to its use of &rest.  I suggest something along the
> lines of the following patch:

FWIW, I don't really like process-lines at all.  It's used rather
rarely, so most uses would be just as happy with something like

    (with-temp-buffer
      (call-process <prog> nil t nil <args>)
      (get-buffer-lines))


-- Stefan
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