GNU bug report logs - #14666
24.3.50; emacs_backtrace.txt

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 14669

Found in version 24.3.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 14666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 14666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14666: 24.3.50; emacs_backtrace.txt
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:46:16 +0200

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 7:57 PM, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> wrote:

> If the input thread wants to calculate a window's size and
> the Lisp thread deletes the window under its feet, we're lost anyway.

Sure.

My point is that these macros hide what's happening. I suppose if someone writes

 if (BUFFERP (b))
    /* do something with b */

in the main window procedure of Emacs, it is easier to think about
race conditions and such than when using macros which hide lots and
lots of detail.

    J
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