GNU bug report logs - #7001
should `byte-compile-from-buffer' evaluate `binary-overwrite-mode' explicitly?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>

Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 21:00:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 7001 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>
Subject: bug#7001: should `byte-compile-from-buffer' evaluate `binary-overwrite-mode' explicitly?
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:11:13 -0400

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Has this form:
>>  (setq overwrite-mode 'overwrite-mode-binary)
>> Should this evalatate `binary-overwrite-mode'  from simple.el instead?
>
> Probably not, since that would run binary-overwrite-mode-hook.

I've added a comment about this.

> Most likely this line can be removed from bytecomp.el.

The comments in bytecomp.el say this is needed for DOS.  No harm leaving
it in, I suppose.
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