Subject: bug#13594: 24.2.92; [PATCH] compilation-start doesn't consider nil OUTWIN

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:28:59 +0200

>> But such some window at any cost should be harmless when the caller goes
>> to use the returned window e.g. to get its buffer with `window-buffer', etc.
>
> Returning the selected window is harmless.

Only if it displays the requested buffer.

Do you think it is possible to implement a special "hidden" window type
so callers could operate on it invisibly to the user?