Re: delete-process bug

[David Kastrup]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> I think in order to avoid such race-conditions without waiting for
> the process's death, we'll need to remember those processes that
> were deleted but aren't dead yet.  Of course, it goes against the
> docstring of `delete-process' which says "forget about it
> immediately".  But we don't need to keep the whole process around;
> just the PID should be enough, kept in a list of "deleted but not
> dead" PIDs.

> +static Lisp_Object live_deleted_processes;
> +

"live-deleted"?  How about calling them "undead processes"?  They are
pretty much zombies.

Sounds geekier.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum