GNU bug report logs - #17234
24.3.50; overlay priority : cons cells make an error in ediff

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Reported by: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>

Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:38:02 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 17234 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#17234: 24.3.50; overlay priority : cons cells make an error in ediff
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:55:37 -0400

> extent-at in lucid.el
> ps-generate-postscript-with-faces1 in ps-def.el

Indeed.  And htmlize also.

> The least you can do is make an "incompatible change" NEWS entry.

Not sure which part is incompatible.

> Ideally it would it explain what to do if you still want to get the
> priority of an overlay as a number.

You don't, really.  But I've added an argument `sorted' to overlays-at
which seems to provide the information that was really needed in the
above cases.


        Stefan
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