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Re: Question about handling file deletion
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Question about handling file deletion |
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Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:42:19 -0400 |
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> I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "reference to the lost file".
I meant it in a very general way. E.g. a buffer whose buffer-file-name
points to this file. Or the presence of this file name in a list of
files somewhere.
> The Todo mode state includes a list of all todo files, which is exposed
> to users for e.g. minibuffer completion. If a file is deleted from
> outside of Todo mode, this list won't be updated, so in that sense it
> contains a "reference to the lost file", which the user can see.
That seems harmless.
> But while the user presumably knows the file is missing, Todo mode
> doesn't, and that can lead to errors, especially if a live buffer is
> still holding the content of the deleted file and the user calls
> a Todo command to manipulate the buffer.
What kind of errors?
Stefan
Re: Question about handling file deletion, Timur Aydin, 2013/06/29