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bug#63896: [PATCH] Support annotating and sorting the project list durin
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#63896: [PATCH] Support annotating and sorting the project list during completion |
Date: |
Thu, 24 Aug 2023 08:29:13 +0300 |
> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 04:54:44 +0300
> Cc: 63896@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>
>
> On 05/06/2023 14:23, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> + (format-mode-line mode-line-process nil nil buf)))
> > Do you really need to call format-mode-line? My advice is to stay
> > away of that function: it could have unpleasant side effects.
>
> Does calling format-mode-line trigger extra redisplays or something?
> That sounds unexpected.
It reuses parts of the redisplay's code, yes. Depending what's in the
format variable passed to format-mode-line, that could cause a variety
of surprises, especially if :eval forms are involved. It could also
temporarily select another window and/or buffer, if the respective
arguments are not omitted, which could also be unexpected.
IMO, this function should be used sparing and with caution.