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History entries shouldn't have the exact region hardwired in

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 72282 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#72282: History entries shouldn't have the exact region hardwired in
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:49:13 +0300

>> So maybe for all history items, they shouldn't have the exact region hardwired in.
>
> Currently this can be achieved with a 'declare' form,
> but I don't know why this is not enabled consistently
> for region arguments of more commands:
>
> diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
> @@ -4944,6 +4944,9 @@ shell-command-on-region
>  The differences are especially prominent when the region includes
>  more than one line, i.e. when piping to a shell commands with embedded
>  newlines."
> +  (declare (interactive-args
> +	    (start (use-region-beginning))
> +	    (end (use-region-end))))
>    (interactive (let (string)
>  		 (unless (mark)
>  		   (user-error "The mark is not set now, so there is no region"))

Unfortunately, with this patch the bootstrap fails with:

  Loading lisp/simple.el (source)...
  Error: error ("Eager macro-expansion failure: (void-function seq-position)")
  Eager macro-expansion failure: (void-function seq-position)

because seq.el is loaded after simple.el.

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