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24.4.50; (error "Marker does not point anywhere")

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Message #55 received at 17893 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
Cc: 17893 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#17893: 24.4.50; (error "Marker does not point anywhere")
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:08:08 -0500

> I was not careful to make sure that the mark-ring contains valid
> markers, so it may be an error in my code.  On the other hand, looking
> at the definition of `clone-buffer' (which my patch uses), I don't see
> anything that would update the markers of the mark-ring in the newly
> cloned buffer to point to the new buffer instead of the old one.
> Maybe that is also a problem?

Yup, sounds like we have a bug in clone-buffer, at least.


        Stefan

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