Re: Unbalanced change hooks (part 2) [Documentation fix still remaining]

[Phillip Lord]

Daniel Colascione <address@hidden> writes:

>> As mentioned in my so-called "hand-waving", any details you may need can
>> be stored somewhere for use.
>
> Is it really better to force that complexity (which, in the limit, amounts to
> full shadow buffers) onto mode authors instead of changing Emacs to balance
> b-c-f with a-c-f 100% of the time instead of 99%?


I think to really avoid the complexity for mode authors, b-c-f and a-c-f
need to not only balance, but also to be consistent. At the moment, they
are not that either -- they can signal different locations for a given
change.

Phil