Re: I fixed it, but I need Lars ... (Was: *Group* buffer disappearance)

[Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>]

Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:

> I accept your point about not wanting to do the cleanup at the
> moment `C-g' is invoked, but solely for my own education and
> edification (and that of anyone else who might be interested), could
> you explain why an immediate `C-g' trap is so undesirable at this
> point?

C-g trap is not undesirable; it's just that you're confusing
condition-case and unwind-protect.

condition-case should be used when you want to selectively trap errors
and do cleanup code.  What we need here is the cleanup code that
evaluates no matter what way we exit from the function -- including
C-g.  This is exactly what unwind-protect is for.

So, my patch adds unwind protection twice: once for the undisplayer to
be set, and once for the buffer to be killed after it is saved (or
not).  I hope this makes sense.

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