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25.1; avoid hack in ggtags.el to run compilation-auto-jump timer

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 24585 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#24585: 25.1; avoid hack in ggtags.el to run compilation-auto-jump timer
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:02:00 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> This was too long ago and got moved to write-only swap space, and
> I haven't had time to dig into it now to recover the lost context, but
> I can see a potential case where it makes a difference, which is if the
> timer is set multiple times before it gets a chance to be run: with the
> new code only one of the timers will actually be executed.

That's true; I didn't think about that.  But wouldn't a more obvious fix
be to cancel the previous timer, if there's already a timer in-flight?

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