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26.3; execute-kbd-macro changes current buffer inside with-temp-buffer and similar forms

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From: "Ryan C. Thompson" <rct <at> thompsonclan.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 37396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37396: 26.3; execute-kbd-macro changes current buffer inside
 with-temp-buffer and similar forms
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 01:09:01 -0500

On 1/30/21 2:35 AM, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> writes:
>
>> 'execute-kbd-macro' calls command_loop_1 which sets the current buffer
>> to the buffer shown in the selected window.
>>
>>> For example:
>>>
>>> (with-temp-buffer
>>>     (list
>>>      ;; Returns the temp buffer
>>>      (current-buffer)
>>>      (execute-kbd-macro "hello")
>>>      ;; Returns the buffer that was current when evaluation began
>>>      (current-buffer)))
>> Try with
>>
>> (with-temp-buffer
>>    (let ((restore (window-buffer))
>> 	temp)
>>      (setq temp (current-buffer))
>>      (set-window-buffer (selected-window) temp)
>>      (execute-kbd-macro "hello")
>>      (set-window-buffer (selected-window) restore)
>>      (list temp (current-buffer))))
> So this seems to work as designed, so I'm closing this bug report.  If
> there's something to be done here, please respond to the debbugs address
> and we'll reopen.
>
If nothing else, this behavior seems worth noting in the function's 
docstring, since otherwise there's no way to know about it short of 
reading the source.

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