GNU bug report logs - #23394
generate-new-buffer-name behaviour changed

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Message #8 received at 23394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Chaitanya Koparkar <ckoparkar <at> live.in>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 23394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23394: generate-new-buffer-name behaviour changed
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:46:43 -0400

Chaitanya Koparkar wrote:

> Steps to reproduce:
> * Start emacs and open a buffer named "*scratch*"
> * Run `(generate-new-buffer-name "*scratch*")`
> * The expected return value is "*scratch*<2>" but instead it returns
> "*scratch*<1>"
> I'm guessing, this commit introduced it,
> https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/commit/b4c7869e5e1bb0bb33379b25ff830e721761a7bf.
> Note the `++count` vs  just `count`.

Looks to me like you are right.
generate-new-buffer-name is documented to start from <2>, not <1>.

Paul, please could you take a look?

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