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26.1.90; Wrong unbinding order in x_consider_frame_title

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Message #23 received at 34317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 34317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34317: 26.1.90;
 Wrong unbinding order in x_consider_frame_title
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:08:32 +0200

> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 09:43:09 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> CC: 34317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> * src/xdisp.c (x_consider_frame_title): Bind inhibit-redisplay to
> t to avoid resizing back the mini-window as result of considering
> the title of other frames.  (Bug#24285)
> (redisplay_window): No need to bind inhibit-redisplay here.
> 
> 
> This means that in x_consider_frame_title we now do
> 
>        ptrdiff_t count = SPECPDL_INDEX ();
> 
>        ...
> 
>        record_unwind_protect (unwind_format_mode_line,
>                               format_mode_line_unwind_data
>                                 (f, current_buffer, selected_window, false));
>        ...
> 
>        specbind (Qinhibit_redisplay, Qt);
> 
>        Fselect_window (f->selected_window, Qt);
> 
>       ...
> 
>        unbind_to (count, Qnil);
> 
> where unwind_format_mode_line does
> 
>        Fselect_window (old_window, Qt);
> 
> The asymmetry I mentioned is that while binding Qinhibit_redisplay
> covers the Fselect_window call in x_consider_frame_title, it does not
> cover the Fselect_window in unwind_format_mode_line since that is
> performed _after_ the special binding of Qinhibit_redisplay has been
> abolished.  Which means that we call resize_mini_window for the first
> call when the corresponding windows are on different frames but not
> for the second.

I cannot imagine that was on purpose.

But your proposed change fixes that, so I'm unsure why you said it
won't work OOTB.  What did I miss?

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