bug#15012: 23.3; read-char inappropriate echo area content

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net> writes:

> Because if you run this:
>
> (defun minimal-function ()
>   (interactive)
>     (while t
>       (read-char-exclusive)
>     )
> )
>
> everything you've typed since you've invoked the function shows up in
> the echo area, like this:
>
> ESC x m i n i m a l - f u n c t i o n RET a b c d e f g    (etc.)

(I'm going through old bug reports that have unfortunately gotten no
responses yet.)

I tried reproducing this bug in Emacs 27, but was unable to, so I'm
assuming it's fixed and is closing this bug report.  If you're still
seeing this, please reopen.

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