From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: joakim@verona.se Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Dynamic loading progress Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:53:58 +0100 Message-ID: References: <54D9AC29.2020603@cs.ucla.edu> <54DA8539.1020905@cs.ucla.edu> <87zj8ktq8f.fsf@lifelogs.com> <54DD6413.1000403@cs.ucla.edu> <83wq3m436s.fsf@gnu.org> <54DDEB4D.5040300@dancol> <83egpt4zz6.fsf@gnu.org> <54DE12E9.5040606@dancol.org> <85twypiiug.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <83zj8g3n16.fsf@gnu.org> <857fvkik49.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <83lhk0wkfl.fsf@gnu.org> <83k2zkwig5.fsf@gnu.org> <85k2zkgg8t.fsf@stephe-leake.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1424094901 21412 80.91.229.3 (16 Feb 2015 13:55:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:55:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stephen Leake , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 16 14:54:50 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YNM8N-0007jO-CH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:54:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39594 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNM8M-0004w8-NC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:54:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54113) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNM84-0004vP-V8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:54:29 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNM7z-0007xY-SP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:54:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.bahnhof.se ([213.80.101.11]:56106) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNM7z-0007xK-Mf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:54:23 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (mf.bahnhof.se [213.80.101.20]) by mx1-reinject (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66DD440CFB; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:54:21 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at bahnhof.se (MF2) Original-Received: from mf2.bahnhof.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mf2.bahnhof.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id eYBraHABrCar; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:54:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mta.verona.se (h-235-62.a149.priv.bahnhof.se [85.24.235.62]) by mf2.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E1239401C5; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:54:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mta.verona.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A0C352C7AA; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:54:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at verona.se Original-Received: from mta.verona.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (exodia.verona.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8y-RNJQsYEzE; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:53:58 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from exodia.verona.se (www.verona.se [192.168.200.15]) by mta.verona.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6052652C7A8; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:53:58 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:39:22 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 213.80.101.11 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:183159 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> This is just my experience from implementing Xwidgets FWIW. >> Originally I tried having external code calling Emacs internals, but >> that was very unreliable. > > That's not because it was called from external code. It's because it > was called asynchronously. Yes, I should have clarified that. > > What I meant by the above is that it's perfectly OK for module code to > call back Elisp in cases such as when Fmapcar calls Elisp: > synchronous calls. > > There are indeed various restrictions about *when* you can run Elisp. > These apply to module code, but they also apply to core code. > > > Stefan > -- Joakim Verona