GNU bug report logs - #77257
inhibit-message should inhibit echo area clearing too

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 77257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77257: inhibit-message should inhibit echo area clearing too
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:25:06 +0200

> From: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:58:35 -0400
> 
> 
> (let ((inhibit-message t)) (message "blah")) has the effect of clearing
> the echo area.  I'd expect the semantic of inhibit-message to be
> preventing all visible side effects of message --- not just some
> of them.

If we disable clearing the echo area in that case, should we also
refrain from running echo-area-clear-hook?

Stefan, do you see any potential problems in inhibiting clearing of
the echo area when inhibit-message is bound to a non-nil value?

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