GNU bug report logs - #31888
27.0.50; Segmentation fault in replace-buffer-contents

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From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: acm <at> muc.de, k.michal <at> zoho.com, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA, 31888 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31888: 27.0.50; Segmentation fault in replace-buffer-contents
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:04:58 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
>> Cc: acm <at> muc.de, 31888 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, joaotavora <at> gmail.com, k.michal <at> zoho.com
>> 
>> Is that worth the hassle?  The caller asked to replace the entire
>> buffer by something else, why should they expect after-change hooks to
>> be run on something other than the entire buffer?
>
> s/entire buffer/entire accessible portion of buffer/g

FWIW I use this on potentially small sections of the buffer, by first
narrowing down to it.  OTOH I have no need for modification hooks.  And
if I did, I'd probably use a simpler region-replacing strategy for every
region besides the one where point is.

João

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