GNU bug report logs - #35191
27.0.50; undo of comment-region signals error (when comment-combine-change-calls=t)

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Message #15 received at 35191 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35191 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Subject: Re: bug#35191: 27.0.50; undo of comment-region signals error (when
 comment-combine-change-calls=t)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:43:00 +0100

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> Save the file below and then open it as follows:
>
> It's enough to use a single line
>
>     foo ;; bar
>
> in emacs-lisp-mode.  And the problem only happens with
> comment-combine-change-calls set to t (the default).
>
>>     % emacs -Q ..../zones.el
>>     C-M-f C-M-b                   ;; Move before first form
>>     C-M-SPC M-;                   ;; Comment out first form
>>     C-x u                         ;; Undo last change
>>
>> When I do that, I see an error message in the echo area that says:
>>
>>     Changes to be undone by function different than announced

I'm unable to reproduce this on the trunk (or in Emacs 27.1) -- because 

>>     C-M-SPC M-;                   ;; Comment out first form

doesn't comment anything out (it just moves point to the comment), and
then there's nothing to undo.  Is there something missing in the recipe?  

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