Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:
> +
> +The PROGRAM is executed asynchronously unless `system-type' is
> +`windows-nt' or `ms-dos', or unless SYNCH is non-nil.
I think the second "unless" is redundant.
I prefer repeating 'unless' in this case where the subject is changing from system-type to SYNCH. It just adds clarity. Though, grammatically what you suggested is also correct. So for reducing redundancy, I'll go with your suggestion.
> I have tweaked this part slightly (see patch in this email). Based on the
> code, nil and "" elements will be removed from a concatenated list of
> OPTIONS and FILES; not just FILES.
But OPTIONS can't have nil or "" in it (or any "elements", really), so I
don't think there is any need to talk about that in the docstring.
That's correct. I've updated the patch with what you suggested earlier.
From 086a11c99e77825befc466f65f213d4857618f6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 17:16:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Check that file argument is a string
* lisp/vc/ediff-diff.el (ediff-exec-process): Check that the argument
passed to `file-local-copy' is a string (Bug#26378). Also fix
the existing comment for this function, and convert it to its
doc-string.
---
lisp/vc/ediff-diff.el | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lisp/vc/ediff-diff.el b/lisp/vc/ediff-diff.el
index cfa08ef360..ded82c41c9 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/ediff-diff.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/ediff-diff.el
@@ -1134,12 +1134,20 @@ ediff-setup-diff-regions3
))
-;; Execute PROGRAM asynchronously, unless OS/2, Windows-*, or DOS, or unless
-;; SYNCH is non-nil. BUFFER must be a buffer object, and must be alive. The
-;; OPTIONS arg is a list of options to pass to PROGRAM. It may be a blank
-;; string. All elements in FILES must be strings. We also delete nil from
-;; args.
(defun ediff-exec-process (program buffer synch options &rest files)
+ "Execute the diff PROGRAM.
+
+The PROGRAM output is sent to BUFFER, which must be a live buffer
+object.
+
+The PROGRAM is executed asynchronously unless `system-type' is
+`windows-nt' or `ms-dos', or SYNCH is non-nil.
+
+OPTIONS is a string of space-separated options to pass to PROGRAM. It
+may be a blank string.
+
+FILES is a list of filenames to pass to PROGRAM; nil and \"\" elements
+are ignored."
(let ((data (match-data))
;; If this is a buffer job, we are diffing temporary files
;; produced by Emacs with ediff-coding-system-for-write, so
@@ -1151,8 +1159,9 @@ ediff-exec-process
args)
(setq args (append (split-string options)
(mapcar (lambda (file)
- (file-name-unquote
- (or (file-local-copy file) file)))
+ (when (stringp file)
+ (file-name-unquote
+ (or (file-local-copy file) file))))
files)))
(setq args (delete "" (delq nil args))) ; delete nil and "" from arguments
;; the --binary option, if present, should be used only for buffer jobs
--
2.11.0