Subject: Re: bug#13831: 24.3.50; [PATCH] net-utils-mode have no revert-buffer function

From: Thierry Volpiatto <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:35:49 +0100

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

>>> There is no guarantee that a process with this name exists.
>> Where ? in the sentinel ?
>> The process take this name in `net-utils-run-simple':
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>     (set (make-local-variable 'net-utils-program-name) program-name)
>>     (set (make-local-variable 'net-utils-program-args) args)
>>     (set-process-filter
>>      (apply 'start-process (format "%s" program-name)
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Using process names (like buffer names, BTW) is often unreliable.
> Better use the process object itself.  I.e. rather than (set
> (make-local-variable 'net-utils-program-name) program-name) and then
> later call start-process (which may choose a different name than
> program-name if there's already a process by that name), better just do
> (set (make-local-variable 'net-utils-proc) (start-process ...))  so you
> can then use net-utils-proc, being absolutely sure this is the process
> you started.

Thanks Stefan, it is what I understood and it was fixed.

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