GNU bug report logs - #32746
stop using obsolescent setitimer API

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Message #16 received at 32746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 32746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: setitimer API is obsolescent
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:06:43 -0700

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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> However, I think it might be too early to remove support for
> setitimer, because some platforms have problems with it.  AFAIK, macOS
> and some *BSD version either don't have that family or have buggy
> implementations.

In that case never mind about removing use of setitimer. I'm attaching a patch 
against my previous proposal for fixup on the MS-Windows side, in the light of 
your other comments; good luck with it, and feel free to ignore the whole thing 
if it doesn't work. As before, it's untested and no doubt it has problems.

[0001-Patch-inspired-by-Eli-s-review-Bug-32764-10.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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