From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: threads and kill-buffer Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:43:41 +0200 Message-ID: <878vcpmsci.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87a9x55xvd.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1346791441 22757 80.91.229.3 (4 Sep 2012 20:44:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 20:44:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs discussions To: Tom Tromey Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 04 22:44:03 2012 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 1T8zya-0006bp-6f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:44:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37207 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T8zyW-0000Jy-VI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:43:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57016) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T8zyT-0000JW-V2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:43:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T8zyS-0008Sb-3J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:43:53 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:35656) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T8zyR-0008Ry-Ss for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:43:52 -0400 Original-Received: from ip-200-13-149-91.dialup.ice.net ([91.149.13.200] helo=rusty) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T8zyJ-00061Y-V2; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:43:44 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87a9x55xvd.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> (Tom Tromey's message of "Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:36:22 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1T8zyJ-00061Y-V2 MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1347396224.51299@CKkikyCmv2k9Jtf2fYynbA X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 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:153020 Archived-At: Tom Tromey writes: > However, in the long run it would be good to make threads preemptive. > In this case, it seems to me that switching the current buffer like this > would be very surprising. (But maybe still ok?) This happens today with poorly-written process filters and is a total nightmare to debug. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no * Sent from my Emacs