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Re: window-buffer-change-functions


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: window-buffer-change-functions
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:12:10 +0300

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 23:19:45 -0400
> 
> A variable is supposed to have one value at any given time.  It might
> be the default binding, or a something-local binding.  But regardless
> of why that binding is current at any time, its value is _the value_
> of the variable at that time.  The other bindings shouldn't affect
> what the variable stands for when they are not current.
> 
> Special exceptions that undermine the meaning of a variable's value,
> or any general design principle, cause conceptual confusion that will
> get us in trouble.

I think I agree, but could you please explain why you think this
variable violates that principle?  Because I don't think I see that.



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