GNU bug report logs - #15045
Point jumps inappropriately around time of Semantic lexing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Barry OReilly <gundaetiapo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 18:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Barry OReilly <gundaetiapo <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #122 received at 15045 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: gundaetiapo <at> gmail.com, 15045 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, deng <at> randomsample.de,
 eric <at> siege-engine.com
Subject: Re: bug#15045: Point jumps inappropriately around time of Semantic
 lexing
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:23:31 +0300
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: deng <at> randomsample.de,  gundaetiapo <at> gmail.com,  15045 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  eric <at> siege-engine.com
> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 13:34:25 -0400
> 
> > Why should we care?  Good engineering does not build things on what
> > "currently happens to work", because that will eventually break,
> > given enough development.
> 
> I care because if I don't have a positive reason to keep this call to
> sit-for I'm going to remove it.

If you don't care about a bug report that will have you re-add it,
feel free.

> Thanks.  So as far as you know it's not any more useful than adding
> sit-for at the end of any other function.

Only those that need to make sure their effect is displayed.




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