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From: Noah Friedman <friedman@splode.com>
To: eliz@gnu.org
Cc: 19494@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19494: 25.0.50; infinite loop in readable_event on master branch
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:08:48 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150107130848.139696.FMU1084@unexploded-cow.prv.splode.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83oaqg9t1z.fsf@gnu.org> (eliz@gnu.org Saturday, 03 Jan 15 10:17:44 +0200)

>Why do you need that code, and in a timer on top of that?  It looks
>strangely, and probably papers over some bug, either one that existed
>in the past or maybe even an existing one.  If that bug still exists,
>a bug report will be appreciated.

It's very old code, circa 1995.  Since it predates the v21 redisplay engine
rewrite, I have no idea if it's still necessary; I'm testing that now.

>One thing is clear: having input-pending-p return non-nil when there's
>nothing in the queue but these buffer-switch events is a real bug that
>causes quite a few problems.  So going back is not an option, I
>think.

I concur.  I don't want to revert it, it may just need some refinement.





  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-07 21:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-03  3:18 bug#19494: 25.0.50; infinite loop in readable_event on master branch Noah Friedman
2015-01-03  8:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-01-07 21:08   ` Noah Friedman [this message]
2021-07-13 18:06     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-20  8:47       ` Noah Friedman
2021-08-19 13:21         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-27 20:38           ` Noah Friedman
2021-08-28 15:07             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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