GNU bug report logs - #40576
call-process-region does not accept nil as first argument

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pietro Giorgianni <giorgian <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 15:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 40576 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, giorgian <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#40576: call-process-region does not accept nil as first argument
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:29:33 +0300

> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:37:07 +0200
> Cc: Pietro Giorgianni <giorgian <at> gmail.com>, 40576 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > But the restrictions aren't ignored.  They are only ignored if START
> > is nil.  That makes no sense.
> 
> I completely agree that it doesn't make sense. I'm just saying that
> the behavior has been there for so long that we realistically can't
> change it any more.

I think we can change it, but I won't argue further.
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