Re: Should (buffer-list) ever return killed buffers?

[Sergey Organov]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Somehow it happens when `desktop-clear` is called from a timer and there
>> is *Info* buffer out there, and apparently the one that is killed is
>>
>> "#<buffer  *info tag table*>"
>>
>> I'd like to know if this is a bug in `destop-clear`, `buffer-list`,
>> info, or elsewhere?
>
> I strongly suspect that the problem goes as follows:
> - buffer-list returns a list of buffers that are all live (i.e. no bug
>   there).
> - while processing that list, some of its buffers die.
> So I think the bug is in `desktop-clear` which should skip buffers that
> have died between the call to `buffer-list` and the moment we get to
> process them.

Yep, looks like this. The only question then is why didn't it ever fail
for me before, for about 10 years, and started to fail only recently,
despite "desktop.el" is like that for ages, as far as I can see. And how
running from a timer could be involved?

Thanks,
-- Sergey Organov