From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: asynchronous parsing Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:51:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <7b501d5c0908091634ndfba631vd9db6502db301097@mail.gmail.com> <200908101335.24002.danc@merrillprint.com> <87my67s8mr.fsf@randomsample.de> <1249942011.29022.15.camel@projectile.siege-engine.com> <1249955428.29022.186.camel@projectile.siege-engine.com> <9c768dc60908102347v57bdf38ara9fe2179f68c07e4@mail.gmail.com> <87y6ppjbwh.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250131925 30668 80.91.229.12 (13 Aug 2009 02:52:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:52:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 13 04:51:58 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MbQQ2-00081p-3P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:51:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39638 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbQPz-0006f4-Jn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:51:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MbQPu-0006eg-AI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:51:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MbQPp-0006dY-VW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:51:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48792 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbQPp-0006dU-OQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:51:45 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:45946 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MbQPp-0001Kk-Bb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:51:45 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArUEAHMcg0pMCoTf/2dsb2JhbACBUtFehBkFhz4 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,371,1246852800"; d="scan'208";a="43444867" Original-Received: from 76-10-132-223.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.132.223]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 12 Aug 2009 22:51:24 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7DA1C7F24; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:51:44 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87y6ppjbwh.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:21:34 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:114165 Archived-At: > Maybe it would make sense to make this engine the first implementation > of an asynchronous process in Emacs. We know we need general-purpose > asynchronous processes, it's been discussed many times. Doing it with a > parser, a read-only process with internal state, would be a good start. Am I really so transparent? Stefan