GNU bug report logs - #31214
hang in Faccept_process_output

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Message #26 received at 31214 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 31214 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31214: hang in Faccept_process_output
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 09:28:59 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 31214 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:48:33 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Then maybe we should pass a non-nil timeout to accept-process-output,
> > and/or a non-nil last argument.
> >
> > IOW, I'm not sure the bug is not in the test itself.
> 
> Is it not a standard usage (start a process, and while it's live, accept
> output from it)?

When there are many processes lying around, I wouldn't trust the
defaults to produce the desired effect.  Those arguments are there for
a reason, are they not?

> (Could the process by exiting part-way through accept-process-output?)

Which process?

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