From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5372: Calling url-retrieve-synchronously in a timer Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:02:56 -0500 Message-ID: <87y6k20z7z.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263399671 25371 80.91.229.12 (13 Jan 2010 16:21:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:21:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5372@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 13 17:21:01 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NV5wi-0002wI-Bx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:19:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54624 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NV5wi-0000eM-Tt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:19:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NV5wH-0000F2-Pa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:19:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NV5wC-00007U-0S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:19:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56618 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NV5wB-00006v-Ov for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:19:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:7082) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NV5wB-0003qV-63 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:19:15 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NV5wA-0008Eq-LR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:19:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NV5hS-0003BV-Ao; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:04:02 -0500 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:04:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5372 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5372-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5372.126339858412161 (code B ref 5372); Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:04:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5372) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jan 2010 16:03:04 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NV5gW-0003A5-EM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:03:04 -0500 Original-Received: from pantheon-po19.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.75]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NV5gT-00039e-Oc for 5372@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:03:02 -0500 Original-Received: from furry (adsl-99-58-201-143.dsl.wlfrct.sbcglobal.net [99.58.201.143]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po19.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o0DG2uFl020300 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:02:57 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 903BCC05D; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:02:56 -0700 (MST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:43:03 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-Spam-Score: -5.6 (-----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -5.8 (-----) Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:04:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:34278 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> It looks like url-retrieve-synchronously is not finished when run in a >> timer. Is that expected behaviour? >> It looks like it hangs in accept-process-output. > > It's not expected (for me anyway), but I'm not completely > surprised either. Furthermore, it doesn't look like a good thing to > do anyway: timer code should not run for an indefinite amount of time, > so you should probably use url-retrieve instead. Could this be a manifestation of Bug#5359, "process-send-region hangs ntEmacs if region >64K"? http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=5359