GNU bug report logs - #36161
27.0.50; display-buffer-in-previous-window might choose not to use PREVIOUS-WINDOW

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, 36161 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36161: 27.0.50; display-buffer-in-previous-window might choose not to use PREVIOUS-WINDOW
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:18:51 +0200

>> We can also change the semantics of this function to fit the old
>> doc-string but I'd prefer to not do that on the release branch.
>
> Do you know of any reasons not to do that? If only to make this function shorter and easier to understand, that would be a good thing.

I would have to understand first why one and the same buffer was
displayed in different windows previously.

> TBH, the new docstring seems a lot more confusing to me. "may override" doesn't really tell us what the function is going to do.

OK.  This time I tried to tell everything I know.  Please have a look.

martin

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