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23.2; ido commands failed to execute if there is some killed buffer

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From: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: Abaw <abawwu <at> gmail.com>, 7645 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7645: 23.2; ido commands failed to execute if there is some killed buffer
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:28:04 +0800

On 2011-01-23 04:03 +0800, Chong Yidong wrote:
> Abaw <abawwu <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> [buffer-list] rarely(less than 1 time per month) returns killed
>> buffers, but it does.  Maybe some of my used packages referenced the
>> killed buffers.
>
> If so, that would be a bug.  `buffer-list' returns the contents of a
> list of live buffers maintained internally by Emacs.  When a buffer is
> killed, it should be simultaneously removed from this internal list.

I have seen this bug too due to (buffer-list t) returning killed
buffers. Unfortunately this isn't easy to reproduce.

Leo

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