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31.0.50; Dired misses or double-processes files when auto-revert-mode is enabled

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Message #343 received at 75626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: "Michael Heerdegen via Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
 the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>,
 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>,
 Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>, 75626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#75626: 31.0.50; Dired misses or double-processes files when
 auto-revert-mode is enabled
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:48:38 +0000

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Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net> writes:
>
>> > The idea for fixing is that the macro instead introduces a new
>> > uninterned symbol instead of an interned one, and uses that in the
>> > expansion (see manual): a new uninterned symbol can't clash with any
>> > existing variable.  `macroexpand' and `macroexpand-all' are your friend:
>> > use these to see what you get.  Later you can do that in your mind only.
>> > If you don't do that _all_the_time_, you'll get crazy with this stuff.
>>
>> AFAIU you can't do that all the time though, like if you want to
>> introduce a local var in your macro that may be used in body e.g. `it`
>> in cl-loop.  Correct me if I am wrong.
>
> With "all the time" I meant "macroexpand little examples in your mind
> all the time".

Ah yes, I agree with this, sorry for my misunderstanding, I thought you
meant "always bind vars to uninterned symbols".

-- 
Thierry

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