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30.0.50; (setf (buffer-string) "text") doesn't respect narrowing

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Sebastián Monía <code <at> sebasmonia.com>, 66006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66006: 30.0.50; (setf (buffer-string) "text") doesn't respect narrowing
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:00:08 -0400

>> (buffer-string) behaves different in a call vs setf-ing.
>> In the former case, it respects narrowing, but when using setf, it
>> replaces the entire buffer. To be honest, I don't know if it should set
>> only the narrowed region (from a correctness point of view, maybe it is
>> expected for setf to do the whole thing). But if it won't, the
>> difference in behaviour should probably be documented.
> Adding Stefan.

I think we don't want to fix this because:

    (make-obsolete-generalized-variable 'buffer-string nil "29.1")


-- Stefan

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