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26.1; with-temp-buffer should not run buffer-list-update-hook

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: 34765 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, alexanderm <at> web.de, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA
Subject: bug#34765: 26.1; with-temp-buffer should not run buffer-list-update-hook
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 10:05:59 +0100

>>>>> The latter may be a nice addition, but the patch here is pretty much
>>>>> necessary for implementing something like that, so was there any reason
>>>>> the patch wasn't applied?
>>>>
>>>> AFAIU, the patch was never finalized after the review comments.
>>>
>>> Right.  Martin, did you finish up this patch?
>>
>> No.  IIRC some issues were never resolved and Basil also wanted to add
>> something.
>
> Did I?  AFAICT I was only pointing out the trivial simplification of
> Fgenerate_new_buffer_name + Fget_buffer_create = Fgenerate_new_buffer
> once Fgenerate_new_buffer can be called from C.
>
> I was otherwise happy with the patch and either of the proposed
> approaches to setting inhibit_buffer_hooks.
>
>> If you can make heads or tails of it ...
>
> Depends: is it an animal or a coin?

Both, probably.  If you think that patch is of some use, please try to
polish it up and push it.  Honestly, I've forgotten all about it.

And also tell us why 'buffer-list-update-hook' would be still needed now
that we have 'window-selection-change-functions'.

Thanks, martin

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