On Wed, Jul 10, 2024, 7:19 AM Eli Zaretskii <
eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:31:11 -0400
>
> Previously, project-kill-buffers always called (project-current t). A
> Lisp program could change what project project-kill-buffers operated
> on by binding project-current-directory-override. However, in some
> edge cases (for example, if the project was deleted between looking it
> up and calling project-kill-buffers) this might fail to detect a
> project, and so (project-current t) would prompt the user.
>
> To avoid this, accept the project to kill buffers for as an argument.
That sounds like sweeping some minor bug under the carpet, or worse.
Why is it a good idea to silently second-guess what is TRT in these
marginal cases? Up front, I'd say asking the user is a safer bet.
Suppose if some Lisp program runs (project-current t) to select a project to operate on, then does some things, then runs project-kill-buffers. The p-k-b call should never prompt for a project again - it's intended to operate on the project that was already selected. If the project that was already selected has disappeared, an error is better than a confusing second prompt which might lead to the user selecting another different project and killing all the buffers in that project. If the Lisp program wants to catch that error, it can.