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27.0.90; Reverting a buffer that visits C file signals an error

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jeff Norden <jnorden <at> tntech.edu>
Cc: damien <at> cassou.me, acm <at> muc.de, 40317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40317: 27.0.90; Reverting a buffer that visits C file signals an error
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 10:35:18 +0300

> From: Jeff Norden <jnorden <at> tntech.edu>
> Cc: 40317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org,
>   damien <at> cassou.me
> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:03:07 -0500
> 
> Somehow, and I sure don't know how, I think that c-after-change gets
> called with: c-new-END already set to the value of point-max after the
> insertion; and with the other variables set so that that beg, end, and
> old-len remain unchanged.  It's the only scenario that I can see that
> fits the backtrace that Eli posted.
> 
> If Damien and/or Eli can temporarily try out the test that I suggested
> and get it to trigger, I think that would verify this.  In fact, maybe
> warn would be even better: 
> 
>   (if (> c-new-END (point-max))
>     (warn "c-new-END is too big! %d > %d" c-new-END (point-max)))

Unfortunately, the problem no longer happens to me, not in many
moons.  Not sure why: I didn't change my usage patterns.

Hopefully, Damien will be able to test this theory.  Thanks.

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