From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5372: Calling url-retrieve-synchronously in a timer Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:09:14 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263410517 2071 80.91.229.12 (13 Jan 2010 19:21:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:21:57 +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 20:21:50 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 1NV8mp-0007Yv-C5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:21:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50966 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NV8mq-00069j-0K for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=dGE8q/7Pu/vpYdqI7EU4Dqj/apsSEEe2mMpJsQ5F3FHtWhBS8IyO4jYnpRQ1CBA9Sh HGoN+nlVzlCspUWxRH/41JtrqR6otd8WD26p6yHBC2XHIq9HR7EhkMow1GiZYfnr9J6p IFbnZSPmpG0+Wnlp1WolKWSo94hFiQKDd7lE0= Original-Received: by 10.239.134.142 with SMTP id 14mr1901866hbz.139.1263409774205; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:09:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:10:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:34290 Archived-At: On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >>> Furthermore, it doesn't look like a good thing to >>> do anyway: timer code should not run for an indefinite amount of time, >> Maybe you misunderstod me. =C2=A0If I do the call to >> url-retrieve-synchronously from the command loop it finishes very >> quickly (in this case), but if I do the same thing in a timer >> it hangs. > > I understood you alright. =C2=A0The fact that "it finishes quickly" when = you > try it doesn't mean that it will always run in a definite amount of time. What is the problem with letting code in a timer run/wait for a long time?