GNU bug report logs - #39823
26.3; update-directory-autoloads regression from Emacs 26 to Emacs 27

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 39823 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org, maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com, npostavs <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#39823: 26.3; update-directory-autoloads regression from Emacs 26 to Emacs 27
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:06:14 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Before we go and make all these changes, how about considering the
> solution I proposed up-thread, i.e. leave this alone?  I mean, is it
> really worth all this?  It's an obscure use case with a very easy
> solution/workaround.

I just feel that the logic in these functions is kinda obscure, what
with the mix of dynamically-bound variables, function parameters and
local variables.  The patch removes the former from the mix, making them
easier to reason about (and read).

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