From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12450: Remove configure's --without-sync-input option. Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:32:19 +0300 Message-ID: <837grus6zw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <50543449.1070306@cs.ucla.edu> <50554458.6040308@cs.ucla.edu> <83haqysdko.fsf@gnu.org> <50558C80.4080408@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1347784380 17304 80.91.229.3 (16 Sep 2012 08:33:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:33:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org, 12450@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 16 10:33:04 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1TDAHm-0000jo-Ox for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:33:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49921 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TDAHi-0007vS-R2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:32:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58437) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TDAHf-0007vN-QS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:32:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TDAHe-0001w3-QP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:32:55 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55074) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TDAHe-0001vz-Mp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:32:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TDAIj-0005t4-Tt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:34:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:34:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12450 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12450-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12450.134778440822590 (code B ref 12450); Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:34:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12450) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Sep 2012 08:33:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36387 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TDAIB-0005sJ-IR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:33:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:53915) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TDAI8-0005sB-VR for 12450@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:33:26 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MAF00B00OZ2T100@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 12450@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:32:16 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MAF00BEEP1RKP70@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:32:16 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <50558C80.4080408@cs.ucla.edu> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:64401 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:23:28 -0700 > From: Paul Eggert > CC: rms@gnu.org, lekktu@gmail.com, 12450@debbugs.gnu.org > > On 09/15/2012 11:10 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > I still would like to have BLOCK_INPUT in xmalloc and friends, > > conditioned on some global variable being non-zero. > > There is no need for that, if we've checked our signal handlers to > make sure that they invoke only async-signal-safe functions. Nevertheless, please humor me. > > That thread left the MS-Windows case indeterminate. > > OK, but at this point we don't know of any real problems > that we'd have by assuming SYNC_INPUT on MS-Windows. All I meant to say is that the jury is still out on this issue. That we don't know any better now does not settle the issue in any way. A few minutes of my running with SYNC_INPUT aren't a convincing evidence, either. So please don't try to make this look as a non-issue; only the future will tell.