bug#3218: marked as done (23.0.92; Problem in accept-process-output?)

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and subject line Re: bug#3218: Oops
has caused the Emacs bug report #3218,
regarding 23.0.92; Problem in accept-process-output?
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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Opening an IMAP server in gnus.  Curiously, this doesn't happen in an
emacs started cleanly, so I'm not really sure what's going on, but this
backtrace ought to help


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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument integerp 0.01)
  ad-Orig-accept-process-output(#<process imap<5>> 0.01 0.01 nil)
  accept-process-output(#<process imap<5>> 0 100)
  imap-wait-for-tag(289 nil)
  imap-send-command-wait("NOOP" nil)
  byte-code("ÃÄ\b\"‰\x19Å=ƒ\x0f\0Æ‚\x12\0	\x12Ç)‡" [buffer status imap-error imap-send-command-wait "NOOP" OK t nil] 4)
  imap-ping-server()
  imap-opened(" *nnimap* Mail")
  imap-open("localhost" nil network login " *nnimap* Mail")
  nnimap-open-connection("Mail")
  nnimap-open-server("Mail" ((nnimap-address "localhost") (nnimap-stream network) (nnimap-authenticator login)))
  byte-code("\b	A@	AA\"‡" [open-server-function gnus-command-method] 3)
  gnus-open-server((nnimap "Mail" (nnimap-address "localhost") (nnimap-stream network) (nnimap-authenticator login)))
  gnus-server-open-server("nnimap:Mail")
  call-interactively(gnus-server-open-server nil nil)

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: David Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Cc: 3218-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: bug#3218: Oops
Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 21:49:44 -0400
Message-ID: <jwv63gfm260.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org>

> This bug should be closed; it is due to mis-written advice that I added to
> accept-process-output.  If anything needs to be fixed in  emacs, the docs
> for that function ought to be explicit that the MSECS  parameter must be
> integral (not floating point).

Actually, it shouldn't be used, as explained in the docstring:

   The millisec argument is obsolete and should be avoided.


-- Stefan