GNU bug report logs - #26986
26.0.50; Unsafe recovery should be off by default in batch mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 19:45:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 26986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 26986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26986: 26.0.50;
 Unsafe recovery should be off by default in batch mode
Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 22:49:46 +0300

> From: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 21:44:22 +0200
> 
> In batch mode there will usually be no long-lived buffers with
> non-recoverable contents, therefore the reasoning for
> `attempt-stack-overflow-recovery' and
> `attempt-orderly-shutdown-on-fatal-signal' being t doesn't apply.  This
> means that these variables should be nil by default in batch mode.

I see your point, but what are the arguments for changing their values
in batch mode?  IOW, what advantages will this give us?
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