bug#23750: 25.0.95; bug in url-retrieve or json.el

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> writes:

> Just to be clear: the patch doesn't change the behavior of any working code.
> It just catches a particular kind of bug earlier than it would manifest
> through a cryptic behavior.
>
> Behavior which is non-trivial to debug, and thus adds to the already
> non-trivial effort required of a person writing an advanced language support
> code (using an external daemon talking over HTTP is fairly common for this
> these days).

I get that. But right now, if it doesn't *have* to happen, it should wait.
We're thinking about cutting the release candidate in just a few days, pending
one issue that Eli is looking into. Any change -- and I mean _any_ change --
has the potential to introduce unforeseen effects that could delay us further.

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