GNU bug report logs - #41781
27.0.91; [PATCH] Eldoc describes the wrong function when reading an expression from the minibuffer

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Daniel Koning <dk <at> danielkoning.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 41781 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41781: 27.0.91; [PATCH] Eldoc describes the wrong function when reading an expression from the minibuffer
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:37:32 -0400

> I see your point, but I doubt most users and elisp writers would agree
> that it's irrelevant what the value of `major-mode' says in plain
> English. We should be able to count on drawing some conclusions from it.

What I meant is that the value of `major-mode` you see is just an
accident because the minibuffer-setup code doesn't bother to really set
a new major mode (or call kill-all-local-variables), so you get a stale
value in the `major-mode` variable.


        Stefan

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