GNU bug report logs - #24585
25.1; avoid hack in ggtags.el to run compilation-auto-jump timer

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Message #80 received at 24585 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 24585 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#24585: 25.1; avoid hack in ggtags.el to run
 compilation-auto-jump timer
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:45:31 -0400

>> 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?

Could be.  I don't even know if this effect was the one intended in
any case.


        Stefan

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