Re: set_window_buffer

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> That may be a good change, but I suspect it leads to changes in Lisp
>>> primitives that ought to be documented in NEWS and in the Lisp Manual.
>> 
>> While nowhere does it say that the buffer is preserved, I couldn't find
>> any place where set-window-buffer is said to sometimes change
>> current-buffer (not even a vague hint).  I think this is a pure bug fix.

> IMHO we should mention it in NEWS.  I suppose a couple of applications
> not distributed with Emacs might rely on the faulty behavior.

I'd be really impressed if that's the case.


        Stefan