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29.0.50; context-menu-mode breaks help in read-only buffers

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Message #81 received at 53910 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: "53910 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <53910 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Ergus <spacibba <at> aol.com>,
 Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#53910: [External] : bug#53910: 29.0.50; context-menu-mode
 breaks help in read-only buffers
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 09:42:17 -0500

> 'bury-buffer' violates referential transparency in the sense that it
> does not allow allow a caller to substitute nil for (current-buffer) and
> vice versa without also changing its semantics.  This is against what
> all other functions with an optional BUFFER-OR-NAME argument do and can
> only lead to confusion.

Yes, its API is weird.  We should probably split it into two separate
functions.


        Stefan

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