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shell-command-dont-erase-buffer strange behaviour

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Madhu <madhu <at> cs.unm.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: shell-command-dont-erase-buffer strange behaviour
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 05:34:18 +0000

C-h v shell-command-dont-erase-buffer
C-h f shell-command

Cut to the chase with the test case:

(let ((shell-command-dont-erase-buffer 'beg-last-out))
  (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "OUT")
    (erase-buffer)
    (shell-command "/bin/echo FOO" t)
    (shell-command "/bin/echo FOO" t)))

The result (as expected) is a buffer named OUT with 2 lines FOO.
The same result is expected with the following code:

(let ((shell-command-dont-erase-buffer 'beg-last-out))
  (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "OUT")
    (erase-buffer)
    (shell-command "/bin/echo FOO" "OUT")
    (shell-command "/bin/echo FOO" "OUT")))

However in this case (and in some other cases) shell-command erases the
"OUT" buffer despite a non-NIL binding of
shell-command-dont-erase-buffer

(at least since emacs 25.2)

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