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: Infinite loop in pop3-retr Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 18:45:53 -0300 Message-ID: References: <4dde12c597bf00.88976681@wp.pl> <87d3j4lc7u.fsf@vitiris.tt.com.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1306882410 15128 80.91.229.12 (31 May 2011 22:53:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 22:53:30 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 01 00:53:26 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QRXoT-00057s-56 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:53:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59664 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QRXoS-0000qU-Eo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:53:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54548) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QRWlD-0006JY-Ir for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2011 17:46:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QRWlC-0003Vw-AN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2011 17:45:59 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:50307) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QRWlB-0003Vo-OT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2011 17:45:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [190.3.23.250] (port=44080 helo=ceviche.home) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QRWlB-0001Dj-E3; Tue, 31 May 2011 17:45:57 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 1CE7E660DD; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:45:53 -0300 (ART) In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 31 May 2011 20:22:38 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:140004 Archived-At: >>> (defun process-alive-p (process) >>> (memq (process-status process) >>> '(run open listen connect))) >> Sounds fine to me. Tho I wonder if `stop' should be in this list. > Hm... probably... when do the processes go into `stop' state? IIUC this is the state when a process is suspended (like after a C-z). So it can later come back to `run' state. > And can the process be considered alive when it's in that state? It's definitely not dead, but it's not responsive either. Stefan