GNU bug report logs - #16493
24.3.50; (setq search-invisible t) is useless, let's allow to turn visible-mode temporarily on

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Message #74 received at 16493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bzg <at> gnu.org, 16493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#16493: 24.3.50;
 (setq search-invisible t) is useless, let's allow to turn
 visible-mode temporarily on
Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 13:29:20 -0400

> The difference (or lack thereof) between t and (t)

There is a rather large difference between the two.

> is something that's confusing, and should be preferably avoided.

Agreed and the way to avoid it, IMO, is to eliminate the `t` case which
is the weird one out whose behavior you can't rely on since some
other package may come around and call
(remove-from|add-to)-invisibility-spec from under you.


        Stefan

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