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29.1; Reading from pipe with --insert or insert-file-contents no longer supported

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 65156 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mail <at> lucaswerkmeister.de
Subject: bug#65156: 29.1; Reading from pipe with --insert or insert-file-contents no longer supported
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:18:16 -0700

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On 2023-08-10 01:15, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I think it should be changed to say this instead:
> 
>    If REPLACE is the symbol ‘if-regular’, then eschew preserving marker
>    positions or the undo list when FILENAME is not a regular file.
>    Otherwise, signal an error if REPLACE is non-nil and FILENAME is not
>    a regular file.
> 
> AFAICT, this is what the code does.

It does more than that, no? If REPLACE is 'if-regular' and the file is 
not a regular file, the function replaces the entire buffer not the 
accessible region.

How about something like the attached instead?

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