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bug#19865: tar-untar-buffer: should honor default-directory
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#19865: tar-untar-buffer: should honor default-directory |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:49:14 +0200 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
> Cc: ivan@siamics.net, 19865@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:34:02 -0500
>
> > I can only re-iterate what I already said: we shouldn't cater to
> > marginal use cases like that with code that is "tricky" (a.k.a.
> > "maintenance headache"). People who change directories of their
> > buffers should (and do) know what they are doing. If doing that
> > causes them annoyances, they will know better next time.
>
> Hmm... so you're considering `M-x cd' as harmful?
Not harmful, potentially dangerous, especially in buffers that have
associated files, or where default-directory plays some other
significant role. People who do that should "M-x cd" back before they
invoke functions that use the value.
It's the same as working in the shell: if you changed a directory, you
need to go back before you operate on files, or risk operate on wrong
files.
> I agree that having to be careful in which buffer we are when we read
> a given variable because it might be buffer-local is a source of
> maintenance headaches, but we have that all over the place in Elisp,
> and we don't really have any "better solution".
I don't really see a problem here that needs a solution. A year from
now no one will remember or understand why we use with-current-buffer
in that place. Doing so for such a weak reason is unwise, and no
amount of cruft we have elsewhere can justify adding to that.
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Eli Zaretskii <=
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