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28.2; This byte-compiled file behaves wrongly.

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Message #67 received at 62317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 62317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, teika <at> gmx.com
Subject: Re: bug#62317: 28.2; This byte-compiled file behaves wrongly.
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:02:38 -0700

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

>> It seems like this patch was never installed.
>
> To be honest, I'm not sure it's worth the trouble.
>
> I'd argue that the bug is in having side-effects like that inside
> `eval-and/when-compile` (or at the top-level of a `require`d file).
> The patch only caters to changes to the `current_buffer` but there can
> be many other ways to cause similar troubles and I can't think of a good
> way to confine them all.

Good point.  It seems rather unusual to call `set-buffer' from the
top-level of a required file, to say the least.  And if we accept that,
users can start calling all kinds of weird and wonderful things.

On the other hand, the fix seems innocuous enough.

Eli, what do you think?  Should we close this as wontfix?

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