Re: Unbalanced change hooks (part 2) [Documentation fix still remaining]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:57:35 +0000
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> From: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>
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>   Do @emph{not} expect the before-change hooks and the after-change
>   hooks be called in balanced pairs around each buffer change.  Also
>   don't expect the before-change hooks to be called for every chunk of
>   text Emacs is about to delete.  These hooks are provided on the
>   assumption that Lisp programs will use either before- or the
>   after-change hooks, but not both, and the boundaries of the region
>   where the changes happen might include more than just the actual
>   changed text, or even lump together several changes done piecemeal.
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> I don't like that text at all.  For what it's worth, I find it
> objectionable in the extreme.  It's not even true.

OK, I'm now officially done with discussing this with you.  I find
your ingratitude and downright rudeness extremely out of line.  I
regret I ever started talking about this.

This text stays.