David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> michael.cadilhac@lrde.org (Michaël Cadilhac) writes:
>
>> I usually use M-x life with zero as numerical prefix (it's lot of fun).
>> M-0 M-x life RET
>>
>> There's a little bug: when I hit a key, life goes into an infinite
>> loop (not MY life) and I have to C-g to stop this.
>>
>> The following patch fixes this bug (sit-for is still called because he
>> causes redisplay).
>>
>> Index: lisp/play/life.el
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/lisp/play/life.el,v
>> retrieving revision 1.25
>> diff -c -r1.25 life.el
>> *** lisp/play/life.el	5 Feb 2006 14:10:44 -0000	1.25
>> --- lisp/play/life.el	6 Sep 2006 16:58:35 -0000
>> ***************
>> *** 269,275 ****
>>     (recenter 0)
>>   
>>     ;; Redisplay; if the user has hit a key, exit the loop.
>> !   (or (eq t (sit-for sleeptime))
>>         (throw 'life-exit nil)))
>>   
>>   (defun life-extinct-quit ()
>> --- 269,276 ----
>>     (recenter 0)
>>   
>>     ;; Redisplay; if the user has hit a key, exit the loop.
>> !   (or (and (sit-for sleeptime) (< 0 sleeptime))
>> !       (not (input-pending-p))
>
> That looks like the wrong fix.

Damn!

> How about
>
>       (or (eq t (sit-for (max sleeptime 0)))

I don't think the (eq t)  is needed. However, the problem is not fixed
by this  as sit-for  returns immediately `t'  if its argument  is zero
(AFAICT). That's why  I thought the check for input  should be done by
hand.

>           (throw 'life-exit nil))

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