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RE: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer'
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer' |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:56:03 -0700 |
> > People will not naturally use `save-excursion' nowadays just to save
> > the current buffer.
>
> Maybe not naturally, no. But thanks to the pressure of years of old
> code flying around the web, they will do it nowadays on
> a regular basis. But indeed, thanks to threads like this one
> and to the warning I added, I hope I can reverse the trend.
The warning has already mistaught some (e.g. Uday) that `save-excursion' is just
downright evil. The warning leaves users either unnecessarily frightened or
unnecessarily confused, or both. That was not your intention, I'm sure, but it
is the effect.
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', (continued)
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', David Kastrup, 2011/03/12
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Uday Reddy, 2011/03/12
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Stefan Monnier, 2011/03/14
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Andreas Röhler, 2011/03/14
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- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Stefan Monnier, 2011/03/15
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', PJ Weisberg, 2011/03/15
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', David Kastrup, 2011/03/15
- RE: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Drew Adams, 2011/03/15
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- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Stefan Monnier, 2011/03/15
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- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Stefan Monnier, 2011/03/15
- RE: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer',
Drew Adams <=
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Stefan Monnier, 2011/03/15
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Jason Earl, 2011/03/15
- RE: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Drew Adams, 2011/03/15
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', rusi, 2011/03/16
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', David Kastrup, 2011/03/16
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', rusi, 2011/03/17
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', rusi, 2011/03/17
- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Antoine Levitt, 2011/03/17
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- RE: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Uday S Reddy, 2011/03/16
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- Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer', Tim X, 2011/03/12