GNU bug report logs - #60058
29.0.60; overlay-lists does not conform to its docstring

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kai Ma <justksqsf <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 05:23:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.60

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 60058 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 60058 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kai Ma <justksqsf <at> gmail.com>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: Re: bug#60058: 29.0.60; overlay-lists does not conform to its
 docstring
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:21:44 -0500

> The problem is not in overlay-lists, IMO, the problem (if there is
> one) is in overlay-recenter: it is a no-op in Emacs 29 and later.

The use of `overlay-recenter` together with `overlay-lists` took me
by surprise.  So yes, I think we should document that `overlay-recenter`
is a no-op.  We should also mark it obsolete.

The code for `symbol-overlay-get-list` should likely use
`overlays-in` instead.


        Stefan
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