From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12430: Glitches caused by addition of psec to timers Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:57:50 +0300 Message-ID: <83wqzxvp0x.fsf@gnu.org> References: <50517770.6080207@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1347555505 10282 80.91.229.3 (13 Sep 2012 16:58:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:58:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, 12430@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 13 18:58:28 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TCCkA-0007c9-2z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:58:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56445 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TCCk6-0002rI-Fs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:58:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53892) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TCCk0-0002qK-Pz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:58:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TCCjy-0008GN-SI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:58:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50796) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TCCjy-0008GI-P2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:58:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TCCkn-0004Yw-Re for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:59:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:59:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12430 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 12430-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12430.134755551417503 (code B ref 12430); Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:59:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12430) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Sep 2012 16:58:34 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60342 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TCCkL-0004YG-FC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:58:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:44401) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TCCkJ-0004Y8-1b for 12430@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:58:32 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MAA00100SFV3P00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 12430@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:57:37 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MAA000U6SG0UA40@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:57:37 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:64242 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:49:34 -0400 > Cc: 12430@debbugs.gnu.org > > > My correspondent suggests that the new format be changed to put PSECS > > at the end: > > > [high-seconds low-seconds usecs repeat-delay function args > > idle-delay psecs] > > > to support older code that uses aref or elt. Does this sound like a > > good idea? > > Yes. Wouldn't it be better to leave timers at their previous size of 8, and instead allow the usecs element be a floating-point number?