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24.3.50; emacs_backtrace.txt

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Message #53 received at 14666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
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 22:59:03 +0200

>> 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.

We fully agree.

martin

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