GNU bug report logs - #33167
26; Doc string of `region-extract-function'

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:47:02 UTC

Severity: minor

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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 33167 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33167: 26; Doc string of `region-extract-function'
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:23:08 +0300

> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 12:02:55 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 33167 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> But if the spec of the variable imposes nothing on the BEG
> and END values passed for filtering, then why does it impose
> a requirement that `filter-buffer-substring' must be called?

So that applications could rely on that, and could provide their own
filter functions, if they want.
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