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27.2; inconsistent-behavior-global-vs-local-hook

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Message #8 received at 54438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: dalanicolai <dalanicolai <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 54438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54438: 27.2; inconsistent-behavior-global-vs-local-hook
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 01:42:21 +0100

dalanicolai <dalanicolai <at> gmail.com> writes:

> (defun pop-up ()
>   (pop-to-buffer "pop-up"))
>
> (defun test ()
>   (interactive)
>   (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "test")
>     (add-hook 'window-configuration-change-hook #'pop-up)))
>     ;; (add-hook 'window-configuration-change-hook #'pop-up nil t)
>
>     ;; the following line triggers the `pop-up` hook function
>     (pop-to-buffer "test")))

I think it's a bad idea to do something that changes the window
configuration in `window-configuration-change-hook'.  It's not
unexpected to get an infinite recursion or any other unpredictable
behavior.

Michael.

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