Re: Frame size changes

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:35:09 -0400
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> The variable after-init-time (new to Emacs 23) is set to `current-time'
> after initialization.  Since it's nil during initialization, we can use
> it to tell if Emacs is currently being initialized.  Suppose we make
> after-init-time a built-in variable.  Then, make x_wm_set_size_hint a
> no-op when after-init-time is nil.  The result is that WM hints are not
> set during initialization.

If all you need is a flag saying that Emacs is being initialized, why
does it have to bear the value of current-time? why not just some
simple predicate?  What am I missing?