GNU bug report logs - #30823
25.3; modification-hooks of overlays are not run in some cases

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ren Victor <victorhge <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 04:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 25.3

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #40 received at 30823 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, victorhge <at> gmail.com, npostavs <at> gmail.com,
 30823 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30823: 25.3;
 modification-hooks of overlays are not run in some cases
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 23:02:54 -0400

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  >   I was asking
  > > whether we want to support code which does this, because maybe it is
  > > unreasonable to delete an overlay from within its modification hook.

I think I see natural occasions to want to do just that, so I think we had
better support it.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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