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bug#5372: Calling url-retrieve-synchronously in a timer
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#5372: Calling url-retrieve-synchronously in a timer |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:49:09 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) |
>>> It looks like url-retrieve-synchronously is not finished when run in a
>>> timer. Is that expected behaviour?
>>> It looks like it hangs in accept-process-output.
>> It's not expected (for me anyway), but I'm not completely
>> surprised either.
> So do you consider it a bug?
I think so, yes.
>> Furthermore, it doesn't look like a good thing to
>> do anyway: timer code should not run for an indefinite amount of time,
> Maybe you misunderstod me. If I do the call to
> url-retrieve-synchronously from the command loop it finishes very
> quickly (in this case), but if I do the same thing in a timer
> it hangs.
I understood you alright. The fact that "it finishes quickly" when you
try it doesn't mean that it will always run in a definite amount of time.
Stefan