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: Asynchronous DNS Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:33:08 +1100 Message-ID: <87vb63obm3.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87si1gx6wz.fsf@gnus.org> <86y4b5zvzt.fsf@gmail.com> <8760y9kwrk.fsf@gnus.org> <8760y7nag7.fsf@gnus.org> <83oabzzsjq.fsf@gnu.org> <87fuxazkfe.fsf@gnus.org> <83io25yeqk.fsf@gnu.org> <87h9hpnreg.fsf@gnus.org> <83y4b0wi7m.fsf@gnu.org> <87si17evk6.fsf@gnus.org> <83twlnvcz2.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454657639 28693 80.91.229.3 (5 Feb 2016 07:33:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 07:33:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: andrewjmoreton@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 05 08:33:49 2016 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 1aRatp-0001uh-4d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 08:33:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46500 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aRato-0003Ix-Gh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 02:33:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34005) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aRati-0003Hm-1a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 02:33:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aRate-0008KS-IF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 02:33:41 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:47657) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aRate-0008KO-Bd; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 02:33:38 -0500 Original-Received: from cpe-60-225-211-161.nsw.bigpond.net.au ([60.225.211.161] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1aRatF-0005Zb-Ix; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 08:33:14 +0100 In-Reply-To: <83twlnvcz2.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:21:53 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1aRatF-0005Zb-Ix MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1455262394.34379@kZCpG7bc9THEKYAxQO/A8g 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:199364 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen >> Cc: andrewjmoreton@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org >> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:32:25 +1100 >> >> > But even then, an application that just specifies this and doesn't >> > make any other changes in the code structure might become broken. >> >> Yes, so applications that request async DNS would presumably know that >> they've done so and program accordingly (i.e., wait until the state >> changes to the appropriate state before talking to the process). > > How can an application guess that requesting async DNS gets them much > more than they asked for? It's in the documentation. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no