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(next|previous)-buffer silent about not switching

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 38384 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38384: (next|previous)-buffer silent about not switching
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:54:56 +0100

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On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 4:42 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Could that disrupt noninteractive calls?

Yes, that's why added the notice in NEWS in the "Incompatible Lisp Changes".

But, on one hand, programs should perhaps be using
switch-to-(prev|next)-buffer. AFAICS, next-buffer and previous-buffer
aren't even documented in the Elisp manual (they are briefly mentioned in
the Emacs manual).

 And on the other, if code is using (next|prev)-buffer, silently getting
the same buffer is likely a subtle bug anyway. At least now they get notice.

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