Subject: Re: bug#12450: Remove configure's --without-sync-input option.

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:44:18 +0300

> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:52:35 -0700
> From: Daniel Colascione <[email-masked]>
> CC: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], [email-masked], 
>  [email-masked]
> 
> > OK, but at this point we don't know of any real problems
> > that we'd have by assuming SYNC_INPUT on MS-Windows.
> > SYNC_INPUT is a much simpler model than non-SYNC_INPUT,
> > so this is not surprising.
> 
> The cygw32 port uses SYNC_INPUT on Windows. I've been using it for
> almost a year in one form or another, and I haven't noticed any
> problems.

That's good to know, thanks.

> There might be a few lurking bugs, however: one thing that stands
> out is that w32term.c, unlike xterm.c, sets interrupt_input_pending,
> but doesn't set pending_signals.

Please tell the details about this.