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[PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification

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Message #227 received at 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
Subject: Re: bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use
 notification
Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 15:35:14 +0300

> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
> Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 13:48:51 +0200
> Cc: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> the patch is a strict improvement on the code in master.

I have no doubt it is.

> An example of a generalisation: We could add a buffer-specific variable that tells autorevert that yes, this buffer can rely on directory notifications despite not having a buffer-file-name. All modes to which this applies would need to set that variable.
> 
> I don't think there is a passive condition, and furthermore, because of the nature of directory notifications, any mode that qualifies is likely to be some kind of variation on Dired: a buffer whose contents is determined by the set of files in its default-directory, but not their data.

OK, so how about adding such a variable as part of this improvement?

Or maybe it's better to have a special property on the mode's symbol?

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