bug#13152: 24.2.90; [REGRESSION] dired-get-marked-files changed

[Leo Liu]

On 2012-12-14 18:26 +0800, martin rudalics wrote:
> I suppose we can safely do
>
>          #'(lambda (window _value)
>              (unwind-protect
>                  (apply function args)
>                (with-selected-window window
>                  (when (window-live-p window)
>                    (quit-restore-window window 'kill)))))
>
> instead if people think it's better.  But FUNCTION "should not
> manipulate files, just read input \(an argument or confirmation)." so I
> don't see why this matters.
>
> martin

Hello Martin,

Could you restore the behaviour to previous releases i.e. throw an
error?

The return value '(nil) doesn't make any sense and a corner case to trap
future users.

Leo