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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Message #3 received at quiet <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: quiet <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: process-lines
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:36:32 +0200

Package: emacs
Severity: wishlist

[ resent from
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-10/msg00356.html ]

This function signals an error if the program it runs exits with a
non-zero status.  That sounds like an unfortunate limitation for a
general-purpose subroutine, since some programs convey useful
information through non-zero status.  Diff is one example of such
programs; there are others.

I suggest to add an optional argument to control the behavior when the
program exits "abnormally".
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