GNU bug report logs - #13400
23.4; overlapping process filter calls

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Message #14 received at 13400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: hendrik <at> askra.de, 13400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#13400: 23.4; overlapping process filter calls
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 20:02:40 -0400

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> > - "37.9.2 Process Filter Functions" ignores the problem
>> >   completely. There should be a paragraph clearly stating this
>> >   problem. Further, it would be nice, if the filter function
>> >   example could be extended to correctly deal with this problem.
>> 
>> I added a mention of the possibility of recursion.  I'm not sure about
>> making an example (specifically, what is the best way to deal with this
>> problem?).
>
> I agree with Noam's decisions, and think that his patch is fine.
>
> Thanks.

Any thoughts about make-buffered-filter?  Leave it up to callers to
write their own most situation-appropriate version of it?  Add it as an
example to the manual?  Add it to Emacs?

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