From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
Cc: phst@google.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ignore pending_signals when checking for quits.
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 22:15:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y36nl7rl.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAArVCkRv3yFy7gBeH2ieuxL=5CPLJWo_auhEAkF+vFak4qP_9w@mail.gmail.com> (message from Philipp Stephani on Sun, 10 Feb 2019 20:46:22 +0100)
> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 20:46:22 +0100
> Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>, Philipp Stephani <phst@google.com>
>
> > If the only problem is the name, we could change the name. Or we
> > could introduce a new function. But let's first agree about the
> > substance: a well-behaving module should from time to time call
> > process_pending_signals. Agreed?
>
> Yes, absolutely. We can't change the name (this would break backwards
> compatibility), but introducing a new function would be fine.
> For should_quit itself, I still think we should make the change in
> this patch. The current code is clearly buggy: it promises to quit but
> doesn't in most cases.
I'm okay with such a change if it will be accompanied by introduction
of that new function and suitable changes to the manual which explains
why they are needed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-02-10 20:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-02 21:22 [PATCH] Ignore pending_signals when checking for quits Philipp Stephani
2019-01-03 14:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-02-10 18:49 ` Philipp Stephani
2019-02-10 19:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-02-10 19:46 ` Philipp Stephani
2019-02-10 20:15 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-02-11 20:17 ` Philipp Stephani
2019-02-13 15:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-02-24 21:51 ` Philipp Stephani
2019-04-19 19:06 ` Philipp Stephani
2019-04-19 20:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-28 18:19 ` Philipp Stephani
2019-04-28 18:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-08-07 16:22 ` Philipp Stephani
2019-01-03 14:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
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