GNU bug report logs - #65713
compilation-next-error says: Moved past last error, even when none

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 65713 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65713: compilation-next-error says: Moved past last error,
 even when none
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2023 11:45:43 +0300

> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2023 03:19:30 -0500
> 
> compilation-next-error says: Moved past last error
> even if there was no errors that it found.
> So it should differentiate such cases.
> M-x compile
> 
> make
> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
> 
> OK, there was no error, so instead of "Moved past last error" it should
> say "Didn't find any errors" when asked.

FWIW, I don't see any need for such a feature.  "Moved past the last
error" is correct even if there are no errors, and complicating the
code for such hair-splitting is not justified, IMO.

So my vote is to close this as "wontfix".

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