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27.0.50; Change Gnus obarrays-as-hash-tables into real hash tables

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From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org>
Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>, Bastien Guerry <bzg <at> gnu.org>,
 Adam Sjøgren <asjo <at> koldfront.dk>, 33653 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33653: 27.0.50;
 Change Gnus obarrays-as-hash-tables into real hash tables
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:02:32 +0100

Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org> writes:

> One more regression. :)
>
> In the group buffer the `j' command (`gnus-group-jump-to-group')
> does not work for a group that is not activated yet.  The point
> goes to the top.  Such a group will appear with the `*' mark by
> the `l' or the `L' command like the followig:
>
>        *: nntp+gmane:gmane.emacs.devel
>
> Similarly the "#" mark put in front of a marked such group will
> not disappear after processing a certain job (normally
> `gnus-group-get-new-news-this-group' on me) as follows:
>
>   #    *: nntp+gmane:gmane.emacs.devel
>   ↓↓↓
>   #  168: nntp+gmane:gmane.emacs.devel
>
> The cause is the same; such non-activated groups are not listed
> in `gnus-active-hashtb':
>
> (gethash "nntp+gmane:gmane.emacs.devel" gnus-active-hashtb)
>  => nil
>
> But in Gnus bundled with Emacs 26.1.92 it returns a group name
> symbol, though its value (i.e., active) is nil:
>
> (gnus-intern-safe "nntp+gmane:gmane.emacs.devel" gnus-active-hashtb)
>  => nntp+gmane:gmane\.emacs\.devel
> (symbol-value
>  (gnus-intern-safe "nntp+gmane:gmane.emacs.devel" gnus-active-hashtb))
>  => nil
>
> In my Gnus, there are many non-activated groups at just after
> lauching Gnus with the prefix arg `1', because I set the group
> level `1' to the groups normally used and larger level to the
> others.  In the starting time of work, my habit is to check
> mails in the active groups for a while and then activate and
> check groups of larger level.
>
> Running `gnus-group-get-new-news-this-group' again on a group in
> question helps (the "#" mark disappears) but I wish it could work
> as before.  How about making the value for an inactive group in
> hashtb to `t' or something, that means the group exists but not
> activated?

Would this fix bug#35070?  I.e. are you describing the same bug?

Thanks,

-- 
Basil

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