GNU bug report logs - #38807
[Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:29:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, arthur.miller <at> live.com
Subject: bug#38807: [Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 13:47:32 +0800

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在 2020年1月3日 +0800 PM2:06，Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>，写道：
> How would that help? Until 3 is done, the user doesn't see the
> display updated. And if you think 3 doesn't touch any Lisp, then
> thats not true, just see how many times you find "Lisp_Object" in,
> say, xterm.c.
>
OK. This branch of the discussion is for @arthur miller.

If 3 can’t be done in separate thread, then we can keep them all as the “UI thread". And let it do as less work as possible by splitting some of work to background workers. Then better user responsiveness is possible.



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