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23.1; buffer-file-format encoding temp buffers not reentrant

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5440 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, user42 <at> zip.com.au
Subject: bug#5440: 23.1; buffer-file-format encoding temp buffers not reentrant
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 17:25:37 +0300

> From: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: user42 <at> zip.com.au,  5440 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 01:06:05 -0400
> 
> >  -- Variable: format-alist
> >      This list contains one format definition for each defined file
> >      format.            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >      ^^^^^^
> >
> > "Only one format definition per format."  But I think it won't do any
> > harm to specifically warn about violating that.
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> I think the original bug report had one format definition for each
> defined file format, but was manipulating a file in one format while in
> another format function.

That's more than one format in disguise.

> How about I change the documentation to just warn not to manipulate
> other files in FROM-FN here?

Can you show a proposed patch?

Thanks.

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