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retitle 25469 26.0.50; Document lock files
reassign 25469 emacs
submitter 25469 Philipp Stephani
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From: Philipp Stephani
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Subject: 26.0.50; Document lock files
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There is no documentation at all about the format used by lock file
names in either the Emacs or the Elisp manual: the indexes don't contain
an entry for .#, and neither manual documents the format. Given that
these files are highly visible, I think their format should be
documented.
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> From: Philipp Stephani
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:41:35 +0100
>
>
> There is no documentation at all about the format used by lock file
> names in either the Emacs or the Elisp manual: the indexes don't contain
> an entry for .#, and neither manual documents the format. Given that
> these files are highly visible, I think their format should be
> documented.
I'm not sure I agree. The format is an internal implementation
detail, and in fact we've changed it recently to solve an obscure bug.
Neither users nor Lisp programmers need to be aware of the format, and
if they are really curious, they can look in the C sources.
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> I'm not sure I agree. The format is an internal implementation
> detail, and in fact we've changed it recently to solve an obscure bug.
> Neither users nor Lisp programmers need to be aware of the format, and
> if they are really curious, they can look in the C sources.
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close 25469 26.2
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> From: Glenn Morris
> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:17:51 -0400
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> https://debbugs.gnu.org/25469
This was fixed already, so that bug should be closed.
I'm not yet closing this one, because it seems to say something beyond
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