From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#45117: 28.0.50; process-send-string mysteriously exiting non-locally when called from timer Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 21:55:06 +0200 Message-ID: <83sg8d3085.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87h7ow4j4o.fsf@gmail.com> <83mtyo71dh.fsf@gnu.org> <877dps47ge.fsf@gmail.com> <83360g6xlt.fsf@gnu.org> <87im9b2pds.fsf@gmail.com> <83k0tr5700.fsf@gnu.org> <87360d3dud.fsf@gmail.com> <83eejx4rd6.fsf@gnu.org> <87r1nx1vtd.fsf@gmail.com> <87mtyl1v6y.fsf@gmail.com> <87h7ot1ona.fsf@gmail.com> <83v9d930pv.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6829"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, 45117@debbugs.gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?Jo=C3=A3o_?= =?UTF-8?Q?T=C3=A1vora?= Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 10 20:56:13 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1knS2u-0001g8-Ps for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:56:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41744 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1knS2t-0001Zp-MR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:56:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34842) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1knS2k-0001ZR-Kw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:56:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56022) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1knS2k-0003pl-Dl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:56:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1knS2k-0007l1-C0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:56:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:56:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 45117 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 45117-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B45117.160763013529787 (code B ref 45117); Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:56:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 45117) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Dec 2020 19:55:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39335 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1knS2I-0007kM-Mw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:55:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41514) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1knS2G-0007k9-Fh for 45117@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:55:32 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:46938) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1knS2B-0003Y8-0i; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:55:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3827 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1knS2A-0005KZ-81; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:55:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from =?UTF-8?Q?Jo=C3=A3o_?= =?UTF-8?Q?T=C3=A1vora?= on Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:47:08 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:195694 Archived-At: > From: João Távora > Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:47:08 +0000 > Cc: Stefan Monnier , 45117@debbugs.gnu.org > > > The reason, quite obviously, is to prevent user's C-g from aborting > > the timer function. > > I agree, but playing devil's advocate, can you expand on the > rationale for that? Why shouldn't timer functions be abortable? I think that's the wrong question. The right question is how probable is it that the user presses C-g to abort a timer function that just happens to run at this very moment. I think the answer is "extremely improbable". It is much more probable that C-g was meant for something else, some activity that is much more evident to the user. Like getting out of the minibuffer after deciding that the command does not need to be invoked after all, for example.