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27.0.50; Expose buffer's marker list to Elisp

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: contovob <at> tcd.ie, 35536 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, drew.adams <at> oracle.com, maurooaranda <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#35536: 27.0.50; Expose buffer's marker list to Elisp
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:07:34 +0200

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I'm still opposed to making the internal list of markers accessible at all.
> Markers can disappear from that list due to GC.
>
> The only reason for having that list is so we can relocate the
> markers.  It is not an interface that naturally should exist.
>
> What exactly do people want to do with this list?
> Let's look for another way.

I think the "rough consensus" here (i.e., Eli and Richard) is that we
don't really want to expose the marker list.  (This was also discussed
in a different context a couple of weeks ago, and the conclusion was the
same there.)

So I'm closing this bug report.

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