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29.0.60; uniquify can't make buffers unique based on things other than filename

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: sbaugh <at> catern.com, 62621 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62621: 29.0.60; uniquify can't make buffers unique based on things other than filename
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 22:10:24 +0300

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
> Cc: sbaugh <at> catern.com,  62621 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:14:39 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > And I don't really understand how this will work in practice: if the
> > user-defined function is supposed to be in effect only for buffers
> > under project.el,
> 
> The transform is supposed to be in effect for all buffers, and
> internally it runs some code to decide whether to change the buffer
> name.

Still unclear why you thought functions can do what other values
cannot.

> > how is this different from using symbols?
> 
> I can't contrast that to "using symbols" because I just don't understand
> what you mean by "using symbols".

It means the defcustom's value is a symbol, like 'numbered or
'append-directory, not a function.

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