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Re: Threads in emacs implementation
From: |
Nic Ferrier |
Subject: |
Re: Threads in emacs implementation |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:28:19 +0100 |
Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
> On 6/17/05, Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> wrote:
>> This will make threads more of a utility than a true built-in, and
>> threaded code would be written especially for that purpose.
>
> Do you know of any applications that require this? For many purposes,
> using timers etc. seems to work fairly well already.
>
> The main reason I can see for wanting threading is to allow users to
> continue using Emacs in one window while waiting for another window
> that's doing something (e.g. Gnus updating over a dialup). However
> that level of functionality is hard to implement.
I think that's the problem isn't it? Analysis of what benefit Emacs
could get from threads.
We don't need threads for improving GNUs - we just need better async
protocol implementations. They will come, slowly, but surely.
I think threads would be most useful for things like fontification and
parsing (eg: in xml buffers).
When you think about these applications a bolt on thread model looks
less attractive.
Nic
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, (continued)
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Miles Bader, 2005/06/15
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Ted Zlatanov, 2005/06/16
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Miles Bader, 2005/06/16
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Ted Zlatanov, 2005/06/17
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Richard Stallman, 2005/06/17
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Ted Zlatanov, 2005/06/20
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/06/21
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Nic Ferrier, 2005/06/21
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/06/22
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Miles Bader, 2005/06/19
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation,
Nic Ferrier <=
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, David Kastrup, 2005/06/20
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Nic Ferrier, 2005/06/20
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Lennart Borgman, 2005/06/20
- Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Ted Zlatanov, 2005/06/20
Re: Threads in emacs implementation, tomas, 2005/06/08
Re: Threads in emacs implementation, Steven Wu, 2005/06/08