GNU bug report logs - #19576
24.4; Broken function in `window-size-change-functions' cause `write-file' to write the wrong buffer

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: acm <at> muc.de, 19576 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, andlind <at> gmail.com, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#19576: write-file writes the wrong buffer
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:54:06 +0200

> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 15:21:07 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> CC: acm <at> muc.de, juri <at> linkov.net, andlind <at> gmail.com, 
>  19576 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>  >> Then it conceptually can run into a loop where it continuously grows and
>  >> shrinks the mini window?
>  >
>  > What loop?  Redisplay doesn't call 'message';
> 
> I meant the code run by ‘window-size-change-functions’ might call
> ‘message’.

In that case, redisplay won't be called by that invocation of
'message'.

Moreover, redisplay_internal doesn't allow to invoke itself
recursively (although I never saw it happening), it returns
immediately if that happens.

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