Re: master e8488bcc9c: Avoid having font locking triggering unnecessary auto-saving

[Stefan Monnier]

Eli Zaretskii [2022-05-07 19:40:42] wrote:
> Not good enough: auto-saving is a critical feature, and I object to
> changes that could make it less reliable, because it could mean users
> will lose their edits.  By contrast, with-silent-modifications is just
> a convenience device, to avoid annoying users with redundant "changes"
> of the buffer.

Your call.  The change to `with-silent-modifications` can similarly
break auto-save, of course.

> What practical problem do you want to solve by that change in
> auto-save?

The motivation for the change makes me think that the change I propose
might be closer to the ideal.


        Stefan