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30.0.50; [PATCH] Add support for reading/writing IELM input history

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From: Simen Heggestøyl <simenheg <at> runbox.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 67000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#67000: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Add support for reading/writing IELM input history
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2024 08:30:35 +0100

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Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Simen Heggestøyl <simenheg <at> runbox.com> writes:
>
>>>> +(defvar ielm--history-file-name
>>>> +  (locate-user-emacs-file "ielm-history.el")
>>>
>>> Shouldn't that be .eld?
>>
>> Hm, the file will contain actual Lisp expressions, so I'd think that .el
>> is fitting?
>
> I'm not so sure.  We don't really intend for users to use it the way
> you'd expect from an .el file, like byte-compiling or loading it.
>
> So while these are, hopefully, valid Lisp expressions (barring typos,
> which frequently happens at a REPL), it's not really a file containing
> meaningful code either.

Okay, fair points. Updated patch attached!

-- Simen

[0001-Add-support-for-reading-writing-IELM-input-history.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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