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27.0.50; Fontification unexpectedly works with anonymous faces

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Message #20 received at 35005 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Markus Triska <triska <at> metalevel.at>, 35005 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35005: 27.0.50; Fontification unexpectedly works with
 anonymous faces
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 14:13:32 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> AFAIK anonymous faces work fine in font-lock.  They can be a bit more
> delicate to us because many places that accept faces also accept lists
> (either of faces or of other things) but in general there's no real
> restriction that I know of.
>
> So I think the "do not accept" part is not true (any more?), but it's
> still the case that you're generally better off using named faces
> when possible.

OK, I'll adjust the text in the manual.  Names faces are preferable, but
generating faces on the fly is sometimes necessary. 

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