Re: region-active-p

[Miles Bader]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>> The name `region-active-p'
>> implies that it doesn't matter whether the region is empty.
>
> Not necessarily.  I don't consider an empty region as being really "active".

And in many cases an empty-but-"active" region can be pretty confusing
if you don't realize what's going on... (e.g., undo with an
empty-but-"active" region used to be _extremely_ confusing, though that
seems to have been fixed).

-Miles
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