From: joakim@verona.se
To: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: asynchronous parsing
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:01:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3ws587qek.fsf@verona.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vdksizxt.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:39:58 -0500")
Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:16:15 +0200 joakim@verona.se wrote:
>
> j> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>>> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:04:20 -0400 Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I. Asynchronous parsing
> SM> BTW, I'm interested in adding core-Emacs support for such parsing, so if
> SM> you have any ideas about it, please share them. The way I see it, there
> SM> should be a table-based parsing engine written in C running in
> SM> a spearate thread, so the question are "what should the tables look
> SM> like?", "what should the output look like?", "what should the engine
> SM> look like?", "how should the asynchronous code synchronize with the rest
> SM> of Emacs?". Any help along this effort would be welcome.
>>>
>>> Maybe it would make sense to make this engine the first implementation
>>> of an asynchronous process in Emacs. We know we need general-purpose
>>> asynchronous processes, it's been discussed many times. Doing it with a
>>> parser, a read-only process with internal state, would be a good start.
>>> The difference from your suggestion is that rather than implementing a
>>> one-off, the goal becomes the first cut of a general facility.
>>>
>>> I bring this up because the need for asynchronous processes keeps coming
>>> up in Gnus discussions...
>
> j> Sounds very interesting, how would that work?
>
> The same way Stefan's suggestion would work: a separate thread running
> this parser. The difference is that we don't just do one thread for the
> parser and code especially for that purpose, but instead think of a
> general thread facility the parser can use. Once we prototype the
> facility, we'll know better what works and what doesn't.
Its this I'm interested in.
> The specifics of the parser, if that's what you're curious about, are
> not important to me (I don't plan to write such parsers or configure
> them myself). I just need the general threading facility for Gnus work.
That would indeed be great.
> Ted
>
>
--
Joakim Verona
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2009-08-09 23:34 Why js2-mode in Emacs 23.2? Deniz Dogan
2009-08-09 23:38 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-09 23:46 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-09 23:50 ` Deniz Dogan
2009-08-09 23:56 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-09 23:56 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-09 23:55 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-09 23:58 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10 0:00 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 0:06 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10 0:17 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 0:46 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10 0:55 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 0:18 ` Leo
2009-08-10 0:49 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10 7:06 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-10 8:44 ` Leo
2009-08-10 8:54 ` CHENG Gao
2009-08-10 9:26 ` Leo
2009-08-10 10:22 ` Richard Riley
2009-08-10 15:21 ` eval-after-load not harmful after all (Was: Re: Why js-2mode?) Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10 17:01 ` Drew Adams
2009-08-10 17:21 ` eval-after-load not harmful after all Stefan Monnier
2009-08-11 0:43 ` eval-after-load not harmful after all (Was: Re: Why js-2mode?) Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-11 0:46 ` Drew Adams
2009-08-11 14:06 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-11 15:08 ` eval-after-load not harmful after all Stefan Monnier
2009-08-16 21:43 ` Leo
2009-08-17 0:34 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-17 11:44 ` Leo
2009-08-17 11:55 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-17 12:26 ` Leo
2009-08-17 14:40 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 0:53 ` eval-after-load not harmful after all (Was: Re: Why js-2mode?) Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 3:06 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 9:17 ` Leo
2009-08-11 14:37 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-10 10:41 ` Why js2-mode in Emacs 23.2? Carsten Dominik
2009-08-10 13:04 ` Leo
2009-08-10 14:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-11 1:13 ` Glenn Morris
2009-08-11 3:02 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 4:28 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2009-08-11 4:33 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 4:39 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2009-08-11 4:45 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 4:37 ` Glenn Morris
2009-08-10 2:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10 2:55 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 13:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10 0:32 ` Leo
2009-08-10 0:48 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10 2:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10 3:24 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-10 3:27 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 3:45 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10 5:18 ` Jason Rumney
2009-08-10 5:51 ` Xah Lee
2009-08-10 6:22 ` Xah Lee
2009-08-10 6:59 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-10 11:01 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 17:35 ` "Font-lock is limited to text matching" is a myth Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10 18:04 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 20:42 ` David Engster
2009-08-10 20:51 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 22:06 ` Eric M. Ludlam
2009-08-10 22:19 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 1:50 ` Eric M. Ludlam
2009-08-11 6:47 ` Steve Yegge
2009-08-11 9:17 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-11 12:13 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 14:37 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-11 14:49 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 14:57 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 14:53 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 15:08 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 15:36 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-11 15:56 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-11 15:54 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 17:00 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-11 17:19 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 15:57 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-11 17:06 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-11 14:50 ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-11 15:06 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 15:11 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 15:16 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 15:44 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 18:04 ` joakim
2009-08-11 18:08 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 19:12 ` joakim
2009-08-11 17:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-11 16:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-11 18:10 ` Edward O'Connor
2009-08-12 1:58 ` Steve Yegge
2009-08-12 13:48 ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-12 16:07 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-12 22:08 ` Steve Yegge
2009-08-14 1:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-12 2:16 ` Eric M. Ludlam
2009-08-12 6:43 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-12 11:28 ` Xah Lee
2010-11-23 14:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-12 15:21 ` asynchronous parsing (was: "Font-lock is limited to text matching" is a myth) Ted Zlatanov
2009-08-12 17:16 ` asynchronous parsing joakim
2009-08-12 19:39 ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-08-12 20:01 ` joakim [this message]
2009-08-13 2:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-13 14:51 ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-08-11 19:48 ` "Font-lock is limited to text matching" is a myth Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 18:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10 18:55 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 3:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10 14:49 ` Why js2-mode in Emacs 23.2? Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10 6:46 ` Deniz Dogan
2009-08-10 14:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10 14:05 ` Stephen Eilert
2009-08-10 14:37 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 14:42 ` Deniz Dogan
2009-08-10 19:12 ` Stephen Eilert
2009-08-10 14:41 ` Deniz Dogan
2009-08-10 14:57 ` Lennart Borgman
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