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Re: [O] Possibly Bug in function org-scan-tags
From: |
Nick Dokos |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Possibly Bug in function org-scan-tags |
Date: |
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:16:11 -0500 |
Nick Dokos <address@hidden> wrote:
> > While the org-scan-tags funciton parses the first subheading(**DONE
> > ss1) the match is
> > successful and the function "my-org-archive-subtree" is called which
> > sets the variable
> > "org-map-continue-from" value to *beginning of line* and this variable
> > is not set back to nil
> > after the function call ends, which leads to infinite loop while
> > parsing the subsequent headlines
> > which does not match the "DONE" state(**NEXT ss2).
> >
>
> I think it's a bit much to expect org to avoid all possible infinite loops
> that a user function can get it into - it's up to you to write the function
> properly so that it does *not* lead to infinite loops.
>
> In this case, I think you can write
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (defun my-org-archive-subtree ()
> (let ((org-map-continue-from (point-at-bol)))
> (org-archive-subtree)))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> and be done with it - no changes to org needed. AFAICT, it deals with
> both of your examples without going into an infinite loop.
>
> What am I missing?
>
Well, it doesn't go into an infinite loop but it doesn't work either,
so scratch that. I'll need to think about it some more.
Nick