GNU bug report logs - #16413
24.3.50; Inconsistent behavior of text property functions in narrowed buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>

Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 03:07:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 16413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>
Cc: dancol <at> dancol.org, 16413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16413: 24.3.50;
 Inconsistent behavior of text property functions in narrowed buffer
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:05:42 +0200

> From: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>
> Cc: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>,  16413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 07:24:30 -0500
> 
> For an example of where this is problematic, look at the patch I
> submitted last night on this list.  I was patching functions that use
> the text property search functions and had to make a special case for
> where point is at (point-max) and the buffer is narrowed.

point-max is and will always be a special case.  There's no way around
that.
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