Re: Should `cancel-timer' use `delete' instead of `delq'?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Does not sound too hot to me: after all, garbage collection happens
> nondeterministically, and there are valid cases for repetitive timers
> that will never need to be cancelled (a running clock somewhere, or a
> yearly birthday reminder...).  It would surprise the user if his
> timers suddenly stopped without reason when they ran perfectly well
> for a while.

Yes, just like reclamation of open-files shouldn't be done by the GC, this
should only be a debugging aid: it should warn about "lonely timers" rather
than kill them.


        Stefan