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Re: A strange issue with buffer-undo-list


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: A strange issue with buffer-undo-list
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:19:47 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>>> I think yes, it's called `atomic-change-group' - see how
[...]
> But if they are to drop buzzwords, isn't this a transaction?

No.  It's only part of the properties of a transaction.  The one called
"atomicity".  In the context of programming language, atomicity is also
important for concurrency (where people usually use locks and stuff
where the purpose is to get atomicity of the "critical region").


        Stefan




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