GNU bug report logs - #75626
31.0.50; Dired misses or double-processes files when auto-revert-mode is enabled

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Message #148 received at 75626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 75626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tsdh <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75626: 31.0.50; Dired misses or double-processes
 files when auto-revert-mode is enabled
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:13:00 +0200

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> CC: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
>         "75626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
> 	<75626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
>         Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 17:32:35 +0000
> 
> Is that necessary?  I can't see why it would be.

It is necessary because the macro must "freeze" the marked file while
it maps over them.  Otherwise, the macro doesn't work on a snapshot,
it works on a list that could change under its feet, which is not a
good way of writing programs that must give predictable results.

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