GNU bug report logs - #30186
27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 21:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #38 received at 30186 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 30186 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:08:24 +0200

> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:37:02 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
> Cc: 30186 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> The problem here appears to be a fundamental design bug in Emacs: that
> text properties are regarded as part of the buffer rather than something
> accompanying the buffer, as overlays are.

It's not a bug, it's a feature (and a very important one).
This bug report was last modified 7 years and 171 days ago.

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