GNU bug report logs - #79009
[PATCH] Improve 'vtable' object handling, cache handling, messages

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stéphane Marks <shipmints <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 18:08:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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Message #59 received at 79009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: shipmints <at> gmail.com, sbaugh <at> catern.com
Cc: sbaugh <at> janestreet.com, krisbalintona <at> gmail.com, joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm,
 79009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, visuweshm <at> gmail.com, adam <at> alphapapa.net, larsi <at> gnus.org,
 arstoffel <at> gmail.com, ijqq <at> protonmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#79009: [PATCH] Improve 'vtable' object handling,
 cache handling, messages
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2025 16:47:08 +0300
> Cc: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>,
>  Kristoffer Balintona <krisbalintona <at> gmail.com>,
>  Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>, 79009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>  Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>, Adam Porter <adam <at> alphapapa.net>,
>  Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>,
>  ijqq <at> protonmail.com
> From: sbaugh <at> catern.com
> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:02:56 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> > My patch is self consistent as far as I can tell.
> >
> > Once we decide on if we leave equal semantics to the caller, for example, vtable-goto-object call site first locating an object on
> > its own, then relying on eq semantics to move point, or allow users to define -object-equal, the rest of my related changes
> > (coming shortly after we conclude this part of the discussion) have more cache items repaired, not just these.
> >
> > We can debate simplifying the cache in a new cache-related patch, yes?
> 
> Sure.  If we debate it in a new patch, then don't change the cache in
> this patch.  If you want to change the cache in this patch, then we have
> to debate it now.

Can we please have an updated patch that we could discuss and perhaps
install?

Thanks.




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