GNU bug report logs - #18504
24.3.93; posn-at-point intermittently returns wrong value for a valid buffer position

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Message #11 received at 18504 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18504 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18504: 24.3.93;	posn-at-point intermittently returns wrong
 value for a valid buffer	position
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:25:05 +0400

On 09/19/2014 10:21 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> I have no idea, since the recipe includes too many factors, and the
> problem is intermittent and timing dependent.  Need a simpler recipe.

That's too bad.

Wouldn't setting a conditional breakpoint help? For example, when the 
return value is right, returned position's X coordinate is non-zero. 
However, when the bug manifests, and `bidi-display-reordering' is nil, 
the X coordinate of the returned position is zero.

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