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kill-buffer fails silently when a thread exists where it's current

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev, 76969 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76969: kill-buffer fails silently when a thread exists where it's current
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:42:24 +0300

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>,  76969 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:41:42 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> Are we okay with nil meaning "thread's buffer is killed and sent a 
> >> signal", t meaning "thread's buffer is never killed" and 'silently' 
> >> meaning "thread's buffer is killed without a signal"?
> >
> > Maybe.  I'm not sure there's a definite agreement about the default.
> 
> Just as one vote, I'm in favor of "thread's buffer is killed and sent a
> signal" being the default behavior.

Thanks, but would you please explain why this is your opinion?  IOW,
how is this better from, say, the current behavior of not killing the
buffer?

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