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23.0.92; `accept-process-output' and `sleep-for' do not run sentinels

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Message #40 received at 2930 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Markus Triska <markus.triska <at> gmx.at>, 2930 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.92; `accept-process-output' and `sleep-for' do not run sentinels
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:04:10 -0400

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

> I don't know.  You already changed it in that direction a year ago:
>
>    timestamp: Mon 2008-05-19 22:29:33 +0000
>    message:
>      (wait_reading_process_output): Always check status when in batch mode.
>
> so maybe we should change it even further?  I think a good change would
> be to change the code of wait_reading_process_output such that status
> changes are taken into account (even when do_display is 0) but only for
> the process(es) for which we're waiting.

OK, thanks for reminding me about Bug#131.  After re-reading that
discussion, I'm fairly sure that TRT is for wait_reading_process_output
to always check the process status (without triggering a redisplay
unless DO_DISPLAY is non-zero).  I've checked the change into CVS.

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