GNU bug report logs - #76313
New function `replace-region`

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Message #85 received at 76313 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Philipp Stephani <phst <at> google.com>, 76313 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#76313: New function `replace-region`
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:21:51 -0500

>> I think it's hard to fix the problems of `replace-buffer-contents` in
>> a backward incompatible way, so I suggest we "standardize" on
>> `replace-region-contents` instead where we replace its REPLACE-FN
>> argument with a REPLACE argument which can be either a string, or a
>> buffer, or a function (this latter one could be deprecated, but we'd
>> keep it for backward compatibility).
>> This is backward-compatible, so we would obsolete only `replace-buffer-contents`.
> This is orthogonal to `replace-region`, is it not?

Mostly.  And that's the point: to try and allow forward progress while
we try and resolve the remaining disagreement.

> It sounds to me like a good change, in any case.

Eli?


        Stefan

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