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#66117
30.0.50; `find-buffer-visiting' is slow when opening large number of buffers
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Reported by: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:53:02 UTC
Severity: minor
Found in version 30.0.50
Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #468 received at 66117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> In my example, SYMBOL does get its own value in the buffer, but
>> `default-value' still returns 'default-value.
>
> I assume you mean the example from above? This one:
Yes.
>>>> (defvar-local yant/test 'default-value)
>>>> (with-temp-buffer
>>>> (setq yant/test 'local-value)
>>>> (default-value 'yant/test)) ; => 'default-value
>
> If so, the "gets its own ... _but_ default-value still returns..." hints
> at the misunderstanding, maybe. It should be something like "because it
> gets its own..., default-value returns...".
>
> Maybe one could reformulate the doc string of default-value like this?
>
> Return SYMBOL’s default value.
> This is the value that is seen in buffers that do not have their own values
> for this variable.
>
> =>
>
> Return SYMBOL’s default value.
> This is the value that would be seen in the buffer if it didn't have
> its own value.
>
> Although I find the original clearer...
Both versions are actually clear for me. What was not clear for me is
how the docstring explains my `let' example.
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