Bug in new compare-w.el (in prep:/home/gd/gnu/emacs/lisp)

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From: GENTZEL
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 21:05

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The new compare-windows uses skip-chars-backward but passes it a regular
expression rather than a string of characters.  This can cause compare-windows
to either infinite loop or to abort prematurely.

						Dave

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