GNU bug report logs - #4655
23.1.50; buffer-swap-text oddity

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Markus Rost <rost <at> math.uni-bielefeld.de>

Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:55:07 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

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Message #40 received at 4655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Markus Rost <rost <at> math.uni-bielefeld.de>,
	Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>, 4655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4655: 23.1.50; buffer-swap-text oddity
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:08:17 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> 2- save-excursion saves the "position and current buffer" as a marker.
>>> Combine 1 and 2 together, and you'll see that save-excursion ends up
>>> changing the current buffer.
>
>> Oops. Yes, I see.
>> Well, we could document it, but from my POV it looks more like a bug
>> than a "feature".
>
> Agreed.  This said, we have a problem.

Has this been fixed?  I seem to be unable to reproduce this bug in Emacs
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