Re: make-subprocess

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> What do people think?  I'm attaching a patch as POC.

I like the idea.  It turns implicit arguments passed via dynamic scoping
into keyword arguments, which I think is good since it does not have
a global effect any more.

> I think your function should be called:
>   make-sub-process
> to fit in with make-network-process.

No opinion on this.

> I'd also like to have a:
>   set-default-sentinel
> function which would make a particular sentinel the default if one was
> not specified.

This would affect processes started by other packages, so it's probably
not a good idea.

If you really need that, you can advise
internal-default-process-sentinel.


        Stefan